The role of the scheduling algorithm becomes important for the looped FG/SPA.
Eventually, they will experience the effects of the scheduling logjam, and days off will be lost.
Mr. Houston said he learned of the scheduling problem only after he called Mr. Goldberg on Sunday.
"We plan to continue doing what we've done," Mr. Wieser said of the scheduling of the forecasts.
For all their alleged frankness, both sides dodged mention of the scheduling difficulties leading up to the event.
"Baloney," said Newt Gingrich of the scheduling excuse, warning of the "enormous error" in ducking the event.
Subscribers of the theater, which is still struggling to make a comeback after being closed for more than two years, were informed of the scheduling change last week.
She said she was forced to choose between playing on her high school soccer team and an elite soccer club because of the scheduling demands.
"We've allotted seven to 10 minutes for people to make the walk through the station to change trains," Mr. Price said of the scheduling of the crisscrossing lines.
At one end was a blackboard-size edition of the scheduling board in his office, propped up on an easel with panels for each potential new CBS show.
"We walk out of here the night of the All-Star Game and say, 'Who are we rooting for?' " said Onnie Bose, a member of the scheduling staff.
