Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
You might not have gotten his bid vacation depending on seniority, either. I actually found bidding vacation only to have it cancelled one of the worst aspects of airline flying. I agree he should have received his full vacation request. Maybe because my department was led by ex-mil guys where excepting wars leave was always granted, vacation was approved as requested 98% of the time. In rare cases, we’d negotiate a mutually acceptable deal or contract.
GF
Your department was staffed properly to enable this. As we know with 2 pilots per plane there is no one to take up the slack.
The sad part is Fookz92 is that even if you would have requested leave in March for time off in November they would have approved it only to cancel it in September because the trip popped up and they have no coverage. Same ole story.... Seen it plenty of times. The management company is gonna tell you that you can't have your vacation long before they tell the owner he can't have his.....
If your staffed properly you can figure it out. If not welcome to slavery.