Prior to about 2006 for every 5 hours on reserve the pilots got 1 hour credit. And there was no minimum hours the company were required to roster, so a whole day was wasted for practically no credit. There were many pilots doing more than 45 days pa on reserve and some up to 50 for nearly no credit. That was the deal we signed to and ‘Visionary’ there are two sides to honoring an agreement.
PC was on the HKAOA GC and proposed the 30 days ‘free’ reserve. Why? Well he assessed that the airline average was 37 days reserve and assessed how much credit that was attracting. So he suggested 30 days zero credit and then stack the credit so that break even was at 37 day. i.e. no cost to the company but the net result was that the company then rostered close to 30 days and that improved the pilots rosters significantly.
That is the history. It is not ‘free’ credit. It is zero credit to 30 days then credit costs them in productivity. It is what you signed up to, and it is significantly better than what it used to be. It was a win for the pilots post 2006 as days on reserve were reduced. If you want to demand that the company honor their side how about you consider doing the same? It is not free reserve it is a part of what you agreed to and is just one, and only one, small element of the total package.