Originally Posted by Hillbilly

While I don't doubt for second that this is what happened to you, that language has not changed. I went looking and found the following language from Contract 1990, emphasis mine:

C. Jury Duty and Subpoenaed Witnesses
1. Upon receipt of notification that his name has been placed on a jury selection list or he has been subpoenaed to be a witness as a result of his employment, the pilot will immediately notify his Base Chief Pilot. The Company reserves the right to intervene with the appropriate authorities to seek release from or deferral of any such jury duty or appearance.
2. When serving as provided in Paragraph C.1., a pilot shall be paid and credited as follows:
a. A regular line of time holder shall receive flying pay and credit for those flights shown on his line of time on a scheduled basis.
b. A reserve line of time holder shall receive pay and credit equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) or one-thirty-first (1/31st) of his appropriate monthly reserve guarantee, as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees) for each day of reserve held during a month.
c. An unassigned pilot shall be paid and credited as provided under Section 4 (Minimum Pay Guarantees).
3. When a pilot is subpoenaed as a witness due to circumstances other than those specified in Paragraph C.1., he may, operations permitting, be granted authorized leave if available, change of X-days, or personal drop whichever is appropriate in order to appear as a witness. In the event the pilot uses personal trip drop privileges his maximum projected time for pick-up shall not be reduced.
4. Failure to comply with Paragraph C.1. of this Section releases the Company from all obligations under Paragraph C.2. of this Section.

I didn't bother looking back further than 1990. The ROE on this has been the same for a long time. It sounds like you got led down the primrose path by some bad guidance from the PSC. I can say from personal experience that when you call the PSC to notify them of your jury duty, they should (and did with me) give you a fax number and/or email address to forward a copy of the summons to them pronto. It is my impression that they compare the date on the summons to the date they are receiving it and as long as it is within a reasonable time period, you are getting paid. They should never have told you to bring it in when you come for a trip because that set you up for a problem in my opinion because I believe the official notification would be their receipt of the summons and not your phone call. That stinks that it played out like that for you and should be a lesson to us all. Thank you for sharing!