Originally Posted by
Slim11
What you can do, on reserve, is bid a three-day block off at the end of one month followed by the first three days off at the beginning of the following month. I've done this several times at two different airlines. Haven't done it at PSA yet. I was only on reserve for six weeks after I finished training.
Six just wouldn't cut it as it takes me a day to get there and a day to get back. As a line holder is realistically need to be seeing a block of 14+ joined across two months.
And I don't mind burning vacation days but I don't know how many of those are awarded to new hires, etc.