Originally Posted by
Flamer
What I was getting at is vacation value. Let's talk SWA. 2 weeks of vacation gets you the full month off or prob greater than 70 TFPs depending on if you value time off or money, and seniority weighs a little on effectiveness since it is based on what you can bid and touching trips. It is obviously hard to compare apples to oranges, but I would say SWA vacation would be valued, on average, to be about twice what DAL gets.
Absolutely agree with respect to lineholders. They get
the greater of 3:15 per vacation day or trips dropped. With good bidding and enough seniority, a SWA pilot can drop 2 4-day trips in a 1-week vacation, getting himself 8 additional days off and 45-50 hours of pay for that one week of vacation. It's the best deal out there that I can see.
Our 1 week gives us exactly 3:15 per day and only about 4 additional days off.
OTOH, I believe that our vacation system on reserve is better. While they simply get 3:15 per day of vacation on reserve, we get about :45 per vacation day added to our reserve guarantee. Neither of us gets more than about 4 additional days off on reserve for a week's vacation.