Originally Posted by Bluediver

Vacation is base and position specific. Under the old quarterly system if you bid a new base or position you lost your vacation if it was after your transfer. Much like the base trade system is today.

under the yearly system you bid for position and base and the company knows where you’ll be and we then a month later bid for vacation. You keep your vacation even if you’ll be moving around the system because they know you’re moving and you bid within the group you’ll be in at the time.