The great thing about a s##t roster is that it can generally only improve.
My Dec roster was terrible but I've only worked one rostered trip and what I have actually done has been fine. 11 sectors changed (out of 13 on the roster)
As far as I'm concerned if I'm on reserve I might as well work as the day is a right off anyway..... so go ahead and improve your roster if you can. As you can see there is no point in making plans on any day other than a G!
Lets hope things are better in Feb (2002??) I'd be happier if I could attach G's to leave like all the other CX staff.