Originally Posted by
Utah
I don't believe you can take any vacation in your first year. Someone could correct me if I'm wrong. And even if you had the hours, good luck using them if you haven't bid for time off in the master bid which will happen in November. (And you'd need to be qualified, online, and in the domicile you plan to stay in in order to get to bid. -- You lose your vacation slot when transferring.)
This is correct. You accrue vacation but can't use it until year two. On my anniversary date my bank suddenly jumped from 0 to 20 hours or so. Also it's good to note that in places like msp there's so much turnover that as an FO there's usually a fair amount of open vacation slots, as long as it's not a holiday or something highly desirable, you can request a vacation day two months out as long as you have vacation hours to burn. But again, that wouldn't be until your anniversary date
