Originally Posted by
Pilot7576
Fxdx...
That is my point...when we drop a trip, we are GUARANTEED the credit for the trip. The company gets a chance to backfill your unused days, but if they can't, there is no penalty. If you choose to backfill, you only have to get within 5 hours of your deficit to satisfy the company. Most choose to roll the dice. Vacation buy back (company is doing that right now) comes at 6 hrs/day plus a premium (latest bid is 20 hr premium to get you to sell). So for one's week of vacation, the company is offering to buy it back for 62 hours.
I think your scheduling rules are better but ours improved a lot this time around. Our reserve rules improved a lot..so much so I probably won't be able to hold it anymore. Retirement still favors you guys I think, unless you're very young. The b plan at 12% for someone in their late 20's/early 30's is HUGE. 30 years of compounding to boot!
I think both pilot groups got deals they can crow about a bit. In either case, we're both laughing all the way to the bank considering what others in the industry are suffering through now.
JMO
Pilot7576
Pilot: I guess I'm not explaining it very well. If you drop a trip due to vacation here you do get paid for it, it is part of your BLG (Bid Line GUARANTEE).
IF you drop trips worth more than the vacation you have, then you still get the BLG, but your vacation bank goes to negative. It can be offset with next year's vacation OR you can pick a trip(s) that you want to fly to replenish your vacation bank. It is your choice.
I think our systems are fairly similar we just use different terminology.