Unless the reserve utilization is near 100%...Your argument leaks water.
If the company is paying one guy an extra 72hrs, and another guy to sit on his arse at home, for half of his R-days, for 60...They are wasting their money. Make that "OUR" money.
We've hashed and rehashed whether a loss of carryover hours would be used for new lines(less reserves), or higher BLGs. You figure out which a company would do if they're trying to cut costs. Seems that we've already reduced alot of carryover and I certainly don't see higher BLGs.