Look fellas, I know you have been covering for some who like to fly disputed pairings. Here is the deal per contract: they cannot be assigned via vto unless asked for specifically and you cannot pick them up afterward unless you ask for them specifically.
Those who say they did not know are blind because they want to be. The disputed airings are given out in many different forums and many different ways. You fly then at your own rik and someone who has been with the company over 6 years (as some have been pinpointed) are bkind by choice or dont care about the process.
Get in the game. If it is listed, dont ask for it, that is all you have to do.