Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
You seem to be dismissing IVDs a bit too easily. They are one of the greatest improvements to the contract I've seen. Without going into details that only matter to me, I've used IVD's a couple of times to take days from a "throwaway" week of QVAC in January, and instead use them in far more important times of the year.
IVDs are yet one more optional tool available to us to make our lives just a bit better. I love them.
I can’t tell you how many pilots I have flown with who don’t even know what a IVD is. They have been very good to me when I needed time off. I also find many are unaware they can cover any PD from their vacation bank often losing GS pay as a result.