Originally Posted by ReserveDog

There is only one reason, and one reason only, why the schedules take over five days to be published, and that is because the contract says that they have until midnight on the 17th to publish them. They are all probably done micro-seconds after the Captains lines are run, but "you'll get nothing and like it Spaulding" is their motto. They won't give you anything unless it's in writing, and even then we have to fight them for it far too frequently. Please remember this next time they ask you for a favor.