Originally Posted by
rickair7777
There is a logic, like any other assignment, but it may not be applied consistently, like any other assignmnet. Sometimes it involves punishing you for not helping them out somehow. I never helped them out unless it was going to get me home sooner, but I was always very, very polite and pleasant about it because they do have enough discretion to hurt you if you get on their blacklist.
Blacklisted may have been something back in the day ~2000 pilot days. But not now at 5180 pilots. They don’t know your from the next person...