Originally Posted by
gloopy
If your request was in prior you may have a case. Call DALPA ASAP.
They sometimes do print a list and go from that ahead of time, but that's for their convenience. AFAIK there is no provision allowing them to bypass pilots with legit requests in prior to the awards.
You definitely have a case. I just looked up the language and it says nothing about a time prior. The assumption (and we all know about assumptions) would be they did it in real time. That's what is logical. But if they pull a list 1 hr (or more?) prior, and continue to work off that, it's not something contractual. That said, I know these sked folks are working their arsses off during that thrash to cover any trip. Anything they see as making their lives easier is the best way for them (read: use the printout they ran 1 hour or more ago) is the way they are likely to go. Pilots who hawk the schedule make their lives more difficult, but to borrow an oft used line from Bond, "THAT'S NOT (OUR) PROBLEM."