Originally Posted by
astral
When a 7 day VAC drops two trips, we have the option of using Vac bank hrs to be fully paid for trips dropped, or paid 28hrs and save some vacation hrs.
The above great benefit is GONE under PBS.
By strategically placing my VAC last summer, I was able to be off for 42 days in a row, only using two 7 day Vac periods, while getting full pay!
This summer will be the same.
Next summer... will *&^%

You only used 14 days of vacation pay to have 42 days off in a row with pay? I call bull sht, that is unless you didn't understand that vacation conflicts didn't pay like transaction conflicts.