Originally Posted by
CeterraDesunt
Plan on never being home for christmas or thanksgiving for many, many, many years. Even if you become relatively senior in your seat/base our staffing is such that you get your monthly schedule and it's "tough crap. You have ONE DAY off between December 24th and December 31st."
If QOL really matters, look elsewhere.
I agree with most of your post and have sent in a card for obvious reasons, but this ^ is simply not true.
Two and a half years at JB, 85% down the list, and I have Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's off this year and had two of the three off the previous two years.