Originally Posted by
MSP7ERB
I've never understood the value in purchasing vacation days. It takes a lot of money away from the paycheck just to add a few days to a vacation. I'll take the money now and just bid some days off around my existing vacation. What am I overlooking?
like others have said, it mainly benefits pilots who are in coverage award territory. I use purchase vacation days to,
buy the Saturday before and the Sunday after a vacation so I can reliably plan to have 2 weekends off.
buy out more days on a summer vacation week when I cannot hold 2 weeks
buy out a few extra days in a month with 2 vacation weeks to guarantee PBS won’t be able to award me trips and I get the whole month off
bid a vacation week before or after a holiday I cannot hold off then buy out to get that holiday off. (Does not work for Xmas or new years)
attach more days to my last vacation so I can use IVDs without interfering with my planned vacation.