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Old 09-02-2014 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan Shore
Thanks for the great explanation, Raptor. It sounds as though you get a fixed amount of value for each vacation, i.e., 6:00 per day, but your work rules give you a ton of flexibility on where and how to use that, assuming that you are savvy enough to understand and use them to their fullest advantage.
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
I'll second the thanks, Raptor. That's great info- we are really lagging behind you guys in that area.

That being said, I don't ever want to go back to line bidding! It would be nice to monetize the amount of savings that gives the company compared to you guys.
I appreciate Raptor's response as well, but let's remember this began as a question regarding the accuracy of DALPA's contract comparison. I think it's clear now that DALPA didn't show the whole picture when comparing the FDX vacation system versus ours.

Carl
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