Vacation has been no fly for at least the last 40 years. The company would love it if we could fly over vacation. Would provide additional manning for peak periods and irops they currently have to staff for. In addition the company would certainly use it against us in future negotiations citing the statistics of how many pilots choose to fly over vacation when they want to cut it.
We briefly had the ability to Presell weeks to the company that was granted as a manning concession. Thankfully we were able to claw that back.
The change we really need to make concerning vacation is making it all pay and credit. The company would need 300 to 400 more Captains overnight.