Every other airline??? Look at the "end of month" posts here on Pprune.."Etihad late rosters" "EK late rosters"..I'm not defending anybody gents, but just be accurate pls...remember these folks are subject to the whim of the commercial dept, who have other pressures as well..
p.s. We always get paid on time
GF has had rostering issues for a longggggg time now, and speaking to guys who used to be in the department it was more often than not commercial changing flights last minute requiring everything to be done over again. Oh yeah and it's all done by hand with little regard to aims. You really can't run a medium sized airline like that, sooner or later you need to computerize it and maintain the proper number of crews or lifestyle really suffers.
EK may not be perfect but rostering is one of the good points here...almost always ontime, few if any changes once published and a decent system of rotating seniority that allows everyone a shot at top bid once every few months. It ain't perfect but its light years ahead of anything i ever had at GF.