Originally Posted by
First Break
...It’s a valid debate as to more weeks versus higher daily credit.
One man’s opinion, but vacation daily value is far more powerful than additional vacation days, assuming the total value is equal.
Higher daily value applies to everyone, and an added side effect is it allows maximum schedule flexibility in months with vacation.
For example: 2 weeks of vacation worth 2:15 per day only leaves a 2 week window to fly the remaining credit for the month. 1 week of vacation worth 4:30 per day provides the same amount of time off as the previous scenario, but allows a 3 week window to bid the remaining flying. Either scenario ends up with exactly the same amount of flying and days off in the bid month.
That's a great point. For those with only 2 or 3 weeks of vacation, a higher vacation daily value is absolutely better before maxing out the weeks. Which benefits far more people, especially with almost 1/3 of the list with only 2 weeks, and ~60% with only 3.
I guess it's an academic argument, but a good one.