Originally Posted by pete2800

5-7 weeks off with pay and travel bennies sounds like a good time to me... Yes, you still have reserve days so the whole thing isn't "off"...

If it's that much of an issue, spend your time making money on the side somehow. To base an air carrier decision on a few weeks of inconvenience seems like a bad idea. That is, unless the person didn't really want to work at QX in the first place...