b52 and sverin seem to get this . OM, warmer, warmer. it still is not about whether rsv is by choice or not. of course sometimes it's forced on folks. it's about how much better the voters want to make sitting reserve at the expense of those holding a line.
three thoughts:
if the union and co make reserve too much better, (even more) senior folk will bid rsv and juniors will get on the forum and continue to whine - about their shoddy lines. trust me. rsv is almost that good now. i fly with a lot of ppl who bid rsv on purpose, fly 1/2 what i fly, and get a full paycheck every month.
two. maybe what the forum complainers really want is to do away with seniority-based bidding and just spread reserve around equally (like the stews have done in the past) if so, at least just say so. my gad, at least Bernie talked of spreading it around straight to our faces.
and three. going on a forum and complaining about the reserve system is whining. that's definitional

ok. OM u can restate that rsv isnt always a choice and Dave u can restate that it would cost almost nothing to have the co make reserve better. but if i don't respond (again) just see many previous posts 🙄