We are always over staffed or understaffed. There has never been an equilibrium. We are either burned out or begging for hours. That isn’t “The nature of the business”. That’s **** poor planning being implemented in a “contrarian” way. VIL Subjugates seniority plain and simple and $hit rolls downhill. It doesn’t lead to having a weekend or more days off. We just get less productive trips that are un commutable because “They need to use us.” There is absolutely no difference between paying two guys 70 or one guy 85 and one 55. Just because one guy sits at home doesn’t mean the other wants to work 85. Without VIL there is a chance that those who get LCR may not be called or escalated as much. Theoretically the grids should be closer to green allowing drops and swap more often and maybe, possibly on a weekend dare I say. Thats a win for a lot more then the few who bid and awarded these damn VIL’s