Well, what you need to realize is that right now if the MEC's were to come out and tell the pilot groups to stop picking up open time, that can be construed as a change to the status quo. This can open up the MEC's to legal action. Honestly each pilot has their own idea of what is appropriate. You have some pilots that will not pick up into days off right now, and then you have people that are picking up at 150% into their own personal min days off. It is their choice, and their right to do as they wish.

Now as for what has been proposed in the joint negotiations, what has been discussed is 11 days off. Right now that will give us one more day off over what we currently have. Is this a major improvement? Maybe, maybe not it honestly depends on who you ask. However it is a move in the right direction and a move to industry average as far as days off are concerned. Sure, like Higney said 14 days off would be awesome for QOL but we can't go in expecting that.