I smell something
From this month's SIG notes:
Airbus:
"There are 10 Asia pairings for Captains that will appear in open time."
MD-11:
"Trips 2040/08JAN09 and 2051/28JAN09 are going to be revised due to a gateway city violation. They should be available in open time and during the phase-in process. Trip 2030/13JAN09 will also be revised and be available in open time in its new form."
"There were 376 hours left in open time for Captains and 746 for the First Officers."
"We left approximately 1000 (Capt) and 1250 (F/O) hours in open time after building all possible lines."
So, I expect reserve utilization to be much higher because the company is hiding hours, somewhere.