For Jimmy as a Flight Attendant there are 9 positions for the Madrid flight , for me as a pilot there are only 2 positions for each Madrid flight... We request to fly to each city AND we are scheduled on Our Seniority and Our request to fly .. Simply put if another Pilot has more Seniority than I do they get the trip... For November I had a Madrid trip , but the Training Dept can take any trip no questions asked and that's how I lost a Madrid trip in November... It's confusing I know, but that is the nature of the scheduling Department for Pilots