Originally Posted by sailingfun

You don't understand the grievance process. You are required to attempt to work out the problem with crew scheds and then with your CP. If at that point you feel that a resolution has not been reached you involved the union. If at any point the company agrees with you and fixes the problem you have your grievance is over. You can't continue the process if you have been made whole which is normally the case if you are correct in the first place.
Where the process falls apart and fails is when a union or individual insists on pursuing a grievance that has no merit. If you do this often you poison the well for pilots going through the process in the future. Federal mediators have a memory. They know who wastes their time and yanks their chain. This can come back to truly haunt a pilot group at some point. Think about the next merger because there will be a next one!