Ability to drop to zero and practicality to are different things. While the “giving stuff up” sentiment is the wrong way to think, combining certain things can have adverse effects.

For example the first 18 hours of daily open time is already a feeding frenzy which bogs down flica to a crawl, now add in all the reserve pilots into the mix who are also trying to snap up open time. I’m not saying reserve pick up is a bad idea on its face, just that there is a lot to be considered.