Originally Posted by
CaptTX
years 1-5 you get 2 weeks, bidding for next year happens in September ish.
After year 5 you get an additional week, I can't remember when you max our vacation, but we have a total of 5 weeks. Best part about line bidding and our vacation pull system is you can turn one week in 3.5 if you're smart, or you can manage to pull in 65TFP with your block, the choice is yours.
Our vacation system is VERY good. Nobody executes consecutive weeks of vacation simply because every week of vacation will net you 2 weeks off at a minimum. It also pays quite well. If you stagger weeks, you can easily get a full month off with your 2 weeks that you get as a junior pilot.
The bidding system is controversial and is changing from one system that is not great to another system that is also not great, but that’s the very short version of events that are rooted in some dirty union politics. In the end after everything is said and done and the weeks all shake out in trading, you can always get the time off you need and get compensated very well for it. I suspect once the new bidding system goes into effect and the initial churn is done, the final outlay of weeks will look very similar to what we have now.
We bid in September, but if you are in your first year, you will get a week or less (prorated) assigned during new hire.