And there it is... Kool-aid infused BS... nothing more. Sorry, he can justify it like anything else just by saying "How much will it cost?" Ya know what... applying seniority parameters to the reserve system will no more bankrupt this company than will giving us all the $100/month kumbaya bonus. LUV and Jblu do not "clean our clocks" because of the reserve system. That is utterly ridiculuous. We are a different animal than either of those 2 companies, and for alpa to pretend otherwise is disingenuous at best. Sure, we both fly airplanes, but that is where it ends. It is not OUR responsibility to pay for things. We are seniority based employees, and for the reason of "Son... you'll be senior some day".. it has been, and apparently will be continue to be allowed to abbrogate seniority to placate somebody's theory that seniority application to a reserve system will bankrupt the company. To quote Tim Bohan.. "Same as it ever was".

Edit addition: My complaint isn't necessarily with the whole reserve system either alfa... What burns my bagels is that retarded days of availability and how it relates to "yellowslipping" open time trips. THAT abrogates seniority big time, and is totally unsat.