Originally Posted by
SideStickMonkey
It's not a misunderstanding.
My point is SS are a REG thing. PB days are a RES thing. Both are examples of premium trips with specific advantages.
Like I said before, you want access to SS, bid a line. Want PB days, bid reserve.
Now you are mixing trip coverage and methods of compensation. SS is trip coverage, PB days are compensation for trip coverage. RES get pay + PB (compensation) for a GS, QS, IA (trip coverage). Line gets pay and credit plus pay (compensation) for GS, QS, IA (trip coverage). GS, QS, IA are all premium steps of trip coverage that are compensated differently based on status line vs reserve. SS for line only is a discriminatory step of trip coverage, PB for reserves is a different method of compensation for steps of trip coverage also available to line.
The whole point of SS was to get lineholders to take trips before reserves could get GS with PB days. With the recent devaluation of PB days it is reasonable to expect SS for reserves.