Originally Posted by
Utah
Probably not. I understand we have about the lowest accrual rate in the industry.
I'll get about 80 hours a year to use. I can use it at a rate of 2.5 up to 4.0? hours per day. We get it as a pre assignment for PBS. I always select 2.5 hours per day so a week would take 17.5 hours. Now with PBS it's possible to get a couple more unpaid days off on either side or work the days right next to the vacation.. With 17+ years I get around 4 weeks off a year theoretically. The problem with using 2.5 is that PBS is still going to build you a 85-90 hour line. It'll force more flying onto your schedule to make up the difference.
The other issue is to actually hold vacation slots. They are pretty much 100% taken on the CA side.... So even if you accrue more, there may be little use for it if you have little seniority.