Originally Posted by Nate2046

Your interpretation is more about how you think or wish things should be versus reality and legality. ‘Open time’ is nothing more than a flight or reserve window without a crewmember assigned. That can be put out for open time to be voluntarily picked up or it can be placed onto my X days at the end of my reserve pattern. I didn’t volunteer for it, I can’t refuse it, and now I’m forced to fly this ‘open time’ on my days off. I understand the protections for primary line holders that prevent extensions to cover ‘open time’ but they simply don’t apply to reserve line holders.