"However, concern has been expressed at the vast difference of work between the top and bottom two bid groups"By whom? not the bottom bid groups that's for sure. Annoying when the "safety card" is rolled out for this when it doesn't rate any other time. If 9 days off in a roster was considered a safety compromise then why not use CRS to limit the minimum number of days off to 10? There will be no load re distribution, the work load is increasing faster then the pilot numbers to support it so the bottom group wil still only see 9 days off. This is a response to long strings of days off and the commuters, nothing else. I guess the training department will have to come up with a new initiative, paying to have your top bid month on the line instead of training no longer looks so good.....if it ever did.