Originally Posted by
Flamer
Wow. You got 5 less on call days for 9 days of vacation. Amazing. You really need to get some friends at FDX and SWA.
When vacation value goes to 5:15, call me. Still won't be as good as SWA but at least we will be in the same zip code.
Originally Posted by
tsquare
Yeah, you're right. Everything about SWA is better. I shoulda paid for a type rating and gone to work there. I'd be a 737 captain by now.
Not everything is better at SWA, not even close, but if you want to listen to reason, some things are better at Southwest.
I am a middle list dweller and have October vacation. My month has me working 8 days with 23 days off. My vacation length is 19 consecutive days. My compensation is 92 TFP.
Most of this is directly due to different bidding systems. We do not have pref bid so lines are not built around known absences. We have available outside vendor software programs that will take your vacation month and apply contractual trip pull language to guide you toward either the most time off for the vacation (what I did) or the highest pay for the vacation period.
Those that choose to optimize pay routinely credit 120-130TFP during vacation months while maintaining a normal 18 day off average. Those that shoot for max time off will see greatly reduced compensation.