I agree there should be a way to resolve issues with these captains.

However, I doubt at 50% that this was the reason you went into denial mode.

It may have been a contributing factor, but unless you had avoid captain xxxxxx, award work, it was not the reason all your bids failed.

More likely you asked for July 4th weekend off, all weekends off, avoid red eyes, avoid 4 days, avoid trips less than 6 hours/ day etc etc etc etc. and at 50%, you could not do all that AND avoid captain xxxxxx.