You sit at home and get five. No worries.

Its guys like me, who have to commute in to sit SC that will be affected first.
Senior commuters who may have accepted a long call reserve line may change their bidding strategy. All the SCs that local guys like you were getting will now be distributed more evenly. So my long call line is going to be peppered with SCs in a way I have no control over. If I have to travel to the hub every third day and just sit in a crash pad, that defeats the purpose of bidding reserve to stay home more.

So intentional line donation is going to be curtailed, which will negatively affect those below the g-line who want to hold any line. Actually, it will negatively affect every line holder junior to the commuter who used to bid reserve - with PBS running his bid above theirs the pool of available lines shrinks for everyone else. Especially the commutable lines.

And guys like you, who used to get most of the SCs and increased MPG are going to see smaller paychecks. With nobody APUing, (or those who haven't figured out the payroll effect, yet) SCs are going to be spread more evenly. Those who want them won't get as many, and those who don't will see more. The flip side of that is you will work more for a smaller paycheck. SC isn't work for you. But you won't be on SC as much, so when a trip comes open you will have a better chance of getting used. So instead of one trip every other month off SC you may work twice a month. Not enough to break MPG, but a lot more than you're doing now.


None of this is the end of the world. Its all as intended as the contract was written. But it is a change and it will effect people, generally in small ways that are not better.