Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
Ready reserve impacts such a small percentage of pilots that there's no way that alone should offset direct contact for everyone.
Yes, but it impacts junior captains the most, and those are the pilots being targeted for retention.
Another thing to consider, from what I have seen over a decade of reserve, is that RR actually increases schedule disruptions for line holders, because RRs are used as a last resort. If you have ever sat RR, you rarely ever get assigned anything. It also results in poor reserve utilization.