Originally Posted by
WarmSandDreams
I agree with you that most things are subjective. That being said, we bid our vacation at the start of the year and have a lot of flexibility in how we use it from there on out. Cancel it, move it(without having to rely on another pilot that wants your days off who also has the vacation you want, or, you know, nepotism). Get it paid out if you want(other than the one mandatory week you have to take each year). Drop trips with it.
It is objectively (not subjectively) better.
Objectively better is also an opinion. While I don’t fly on vacation, plenty of guys do, and it’s nice to have the option.
What is this nepotism? There’s some father/mother/uncle and son/daughter combos here but it’s not the norm.
We also have vacation ANY in PBS. If you choose this option, allows the system to move your vacation days as necessary to meet your preferences. Say I have vacation Aug 25-31 but school already starts then. I can vacation ANY option, and then bid to fly over those days, and set up a PBS bid where I get 7-10+ days off in the middle of August. It’ll be where the vacation any days fall.