EK Extra Reserve Lines
It came to me the other night over a couple of beers how this extra reserve allocation will work..yet another not so "cost neutral" senario for the pilots...
On the existing roster, I could be rostered for say, 80hours, and just sneak into productivity. If I'm a clever camper, I have bid for flights that give me 16 days off. Then, if I'm keen (or poor for the month, or just plain sad), I can get some resonable flying of my choice in open time. Hence, another 10hrs maybe, with perhaps a couple of call out payments.
Under the new scheme, I could get my 80hrs on the original roster, but now some of my previous "off days" are allocated to reserve. Now, instead of collecting the callout pay and some flying of my on choice, I get maybe 1 or 2****ty flights, and no callout pay.
Is my theory correct, or am I just being paranoid? (just because you're not paranoid it doesn't mean the b"*tards aren't out to get you)