Originally Posted by flyinbybraille

I agree, the AS discount which arbitrarily restricts summer vacation slots - needs to go. All summer long I asked every OAL jumpseaters, how long it took them to hold summer vacation at their shop. Either seat at SW/UA/DL it was a fraction of the longevity to achieve it. Sad reality and currently at AS, most can hold summer vacation when it doesn’t matter anymore. I.e. your kids are all grown up. RN this doesn’t affect me, but it might some day. Just like being on reserve again as a junior CA. I fly with enough naive goodjet types who never saw how lousy it can be when you’re junior. But the few who have senior friends that snag them a week or two of summer vacation for them are doin just fine.

Not to mention a week of vacation allows a junior pilot to bid RLL and skip being on reserve entirely during the worst possible months to be on reserve.