There are improvements agreed to, and open. Until it’s finalized, we can’t really judge it. The reserve first crowd isn’t going to get everything that they want, and the reserve last crowd won’t either.

From the last negotiations notes:

Agreed:
No involuntary assignment before 10 a.m. on Day 1 of a reserve block
Elimination of flexible day off (FDOs) for Global categories
Option to split holy days off (HDOs) into two shorter periods in Global categories
Voluntary Long Call Reserve lines where short call (SC) and field standby (FSB) is only through aggressive pick-up (APU)
Reserves maintain original scheduled release time when deviating
Increased restrictions on assigning Visiting Reserves
All unused Short Call assignments receive 1 hour of additional minimum pay guarantee (MPG)
Trip trades between reserves
Reserve day-for-day trades
Add Pay for reserve rolled days off
Add Pay for late build Short Calls
Improved release times if unused on last day of reserve
Add Pay for voluntary assignments that start prior to 10 a.m. on Day 1

Open Items:
Increase in number of reserve days off
Increase in the daily value of reserve guarantee
Pilot option to add an additional reserve day in high LPA months
Short Call caps
Elimination of FDOs for Basic categories
Elimination of involuntary FSB
Improved voluntary reserve options
Improved Long Call and Short Call callout times
Increased pay for voluntary FSB
Remove crew desk discretion from reserve assignment order
Incentives to avoid involuntarily rolling of reserve days off