Originally Posted by Mattio

From listening to the Scheduling video (around 1:08:30), I'm seriously bummed to hear that once you bid any type of reserve in PBS you can't bounce back to bidding a line. For example if you wanted Long Call but wanted a line if you couldn't get Long Call, there is no option for this. Once you bid Long Call, you have to settle for Short Call if you can't get Long Call. (Same thing would apply if you wanted Short Call then a Line then Long Call. No option for this.)

If Long Call ends up being an attractive option (especially for commuters), many would have to take a risk bidding Long Call. If you were avoiding a crappy line, trying to get certain days off, or just liked Long Call, but you didn't want to spend a ton of days in base, you are taking a risk by bidding Long Call because you could end up getting stuck with a completely Short Call schedule. On the flip side, if Long Call ends up being an unattractive option due to them being the primary recipients of Next Day Assignments, and Short Call isn't that bad, you take a risk by bidding Short Call and possibly getting stuck with a Long Call schedule.

This seems to seriously reduce the benefit of having reserve divided up into Long Call and Short Call.