no looking back required. It was a horrible move. The fact remains that an SIL, whether it paid 5 hours or 75 hours, was voluntary. Further while lots of pilots have said why take an SIL when you can sit around all month and get reserve guarantee.....you can’t take off and leave the country for a month if you are on reserve. A pilot may well determine an SIL worth 20 hours (or whatever amount) is worth having zero responsibility to the company.