Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
At most airlines, a vacancy has to exist first.
Who cares? Doesn't make it a good idea. Pairing base movement to vacancies is no law of nature. The two need not be related with a base swap swap board analagous to our rotation swap board. I could see a monthly base swap working great. Bids due by the 11th of every month on the CQ timeline (two months lead). Swappers would have to yield their vacation allocation if the new base couldn't accommodate. And along that line, we could also have a vacation swap board.
As long as seniority is applied appropriately, I don't get the resistance to such hypothetical flexibility.