Originally Posted by
BenderRodriguez
I think "woefully" is overly dramatic. But if the per day increases, that is undoubtedly a good thing. I am curious as to what you mean by "do away with knowing when we will have time off".
I (and many others) think 5:15 a day is reasonable and fair. 3:15 is "woefully" less than that. Or even 5. Or 4:30. Or 4:15 or even 4:00for that matter.
The "doing away with knowing when we will have time off" was a response to the person I quoted (I think sailingfun but I'm not 100% sure) as whoever it was seemed to be implying that JetBlue's vacation/time off system is often used for spontaneous day/trip drops and he prefers a system where you know your "week" off long in advance.
First of all JetBlue already has a system where you can bid and get your vacation in weeks well in advance. Their hour bank includes sick, day/trip drops and vacation weeks though. While flexible the total hourly accrual is way, way too low unless you dn't get/use sick time so its not the most valid comparison.
Secondly he was implying that if we got a higher day we may have to morph our system into something whereby we lose the ability to take vacation well in advance. Neither of those things are true, nor is it what anyone is advocating; higher daily credit means higher daily credit. That's all. Any other conceptual change is a completely separate issue and isn't a part of anything anyone I know or know of is actually talking about.
If you bid reserve, you get a higher paying month and work a lot less. Yeah you are on the short call hook for some days, but if you are in some of these categories, you are also short staffed, and creative bidding will pay off like a drunk slot machine. (I am not in one of those btw)
You get a higher paying month and usually work about 4 days less. That's not enough time off IMO for a "week of vacation". The per day hourly amount needs to go up, by more than a few minutes.
22:45 for an entire "week" is just way, way too low. We need to get it up to the 30-35 hour range at least (even though its not fully apples to apples, JB is 35). At that point it becomes a powerful block of credit for lineholders or reserves that helps you get the full week extra off like its supposed to be. No touch drop scams or end of the rainbow 6th week needed.