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Old 10-16-2019 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by skiutah
Question for the smart ones..
With an effective date of March 1, does that mean training completed by then? If so including IOE?

The reason I ask is I have a week vacation in each month Dec-Apr. Plus a cruise paid for in Dec for the whole family. Was thinking of upgrading to Capt but don't want to lose 5 weeks of vacation, or risk my cruise in Dec.

Last question, what happens to lost vacation? 401k?

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March 1 is the effective date...basically the date you should be available to start flying in that seat. Sort of a moving target. I upgraded in 19-05, started TK 3/17, finished OE 4/30 and consolidation 5/28.

You will likely lose your vacation so you have to weigh the risk of trying to avoid training in December. Carlson is pretty good about answering questions like that. Any vacation you lose becomes available for monthly bidding. The catch is...you won’t have time to do monthly bidding before the vacation year ends. That lost vacation will be paid out into your PRAP without the 16% from company.

Last edited by pilotgolfer; 10-16-2019 at 02:58 PM.