It has always been this way. Be happy that our current contract actually has some limits and extra pay doled out that didn't exist in earlier years. Then, a two day transition trip could turn into a four day. I think it just comes down to our network folks constantly tweaking the schedule, and the very nature of month to month schedule changes for any airline. ALPA agreed to let the company make changes, so long as the changes were made no later than the publication of the following month's bid package, AND that the pilot is pay protected for the original value of the trip in month 1 when it was originally awarded. Our current contract adds pay/no credit for the additional duty period of any asterisk trip that was lengthened (and if there was any credit time for the trip, that would also be part of additional pay/no credit).