Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
Well I suppose being an old dude that I just assumed another round of vacation bids!
In any case there certainly is nothing wrong with placing extra vacation days right now.
My *personal* preference is to do all the vacation bids first, then in March figure out exactly where I wish to place the extra days.
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This is how I do it. I like to bid spill weeks (i.e. starting in one month and finishing in the next). I then buy all 10 days to add to any SUPP days I may have.
Once all the vacations weeks are awarded I sit down and decide in which bid periods I want more pre-award credit for PBS purposes and add the days there. With slide and vacation-any it doesn't matter so much where the days are initially (unless you're junior to the coverage line), only that you have the pre-award credit in the bid period. This helps me get most days off possible, hopefully with my chin just above the bottom of the Line Construction Window.
If I want to make more money when that month rolls around, I can always bid for max credit and/or pick up flying. I find this gives more control over QOL. Working extra days is on my terms, and allows for some really nice long blocks of time off.