I disagree that it sticks it to the bottom of the list. For the most part the bottom third is on Reserve and would get to sit at home if the disputed pairing gets picked up. And when the dispute gets fixed they are not senior enough to hold it. If the YOW 37 credit hour that blocks 12 disputed pairing was not disputed it would go in the top 20% of the senority list.

And how is it unsafe for a line guy to fly the dispute once but a guy on Reserve can fly two weeks of them back to back.