Is there any reason other than “because they can” driving your awful reserve rules? Is your staffing significantly different than your peers? Is the company simply using this mechanism to drive high-paying seats more junior to exploit lower hourly costs?

Global reserve is just such an odd and extreme outlier (from what I know of it) that it’s really a head-scratcher. And to think your team was entertaining an 0600 start on day one…even more confusing.

Maybe this is just what different airline cultures look like?