I don’t know why B6 guys think drop to ___ (some arbitrary credit value more than zero) is a compromise worth negotiating. The drop only works because of the grid, and only happens with more than required reserve coverage. Bottom line is the company doesn’t care who flies the trip and long as the trip gets flown. Now you have pilots burning sick time to get rid of trips that have to be crewed last minute. Having to finish the month with mandatory credit, regardless of how reasonable the number may sound, not only hamstrings those trying to maneuver their schedules, it also makes other less likely to float trips into open time if they fear being forced to pick up or get assigned something else the wouldn’t want.

It’s no different than us saying “I wouldn’t be too mad if the company placed a cap on max payouts from profit sharing to $10,000 each, I mean it’s better than nothing…”