Originally Posted by
Karnak
Are there any airlines that don't allow some sort of over-the-end-of-the-bid-period adjustment?
It may be one of those built in hassles of the profession - like working on holidays. Getting senior allows us to avoid the stuff we don't like to do, like work weekends, holidays, and those "yoink!" month-end changes.
You shouldn't need to use your seniority to avoid trips that randomly change after the fact. While some adjustments may be necessary, we can easily have realistic protections with carry out trips.
Like once awarded, the check in time can not be one minute sooner and the checkout time can not be one minute later. Trip must be the same number of days or less. If the original trip had no red eye/back side of the clock flying, the new trip can't either. And the newly modified trip must pay and credit the greater of the two, on a day by day and in total basis.
That way pilots get adequate protection and the company gets schedule flexiility for carry over trips. Heck they'll probably start going senior.