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NERD
Question about vacation. In the first round I was awarded my first choice of the 2nd 2 weeks of sept(12-25). but next I had the 1st 2 weeks of may. Those were not awarded(even though still avail) so I have to bid in round 2 for my last 2 weeks. Now to complicate things further, due to the screw up with the freezes I am being reinstated to my previous position. Will I have to rebid (and if so, when) all of my vacation in my new position? Thanks.
Delta only awards you one vacation per round of bidding. You can't be awarded two different weeks. You can bid a 2 or 3 week block but it has to be together. The reason for this is it gives junior pilots a chance at a decent week of vacation on their primary since it will trump the secondary and beyond of a senior guy. The same thing goes for move up vacation awards. If you are trying to move your primary week it is worked first and you would get a week even if a senior pilot had requested a move up with his secondary week.
We could change it to award all the weeks at once but if you are junior pilot plan on every week of your vacation being in late Jan and Feb.