Originally Posted by brakechatter

None of this stuff is bad on the surface, and I totally get your example. neither vacation swaps nor pilot to pilot swap board sound bad. Then you get the example of trip parking rearing its ugly head--sharpshooting. I don't have a problem with sharpshooting, until it violates seniority.

You've seen the example on pilot to pilot swaps. The same thing essentially applies to vacation. I am a junior captain in Atlanta, but I have a very good friend who is #10 in my category. He can bid for any thing he wants. Since we are such good buddies, he bids for vacation over xmas--he can just bid it off on the monthly schedule. He gets my crummy early march vacation--as he can likely do a move-up anyway. I get off for xmas and New years--neither of which i can hold off-even on reserve. Viola. Meanwhile, the guy who could have gotten the xmas week of vacation--more senior than me, doesn't get it. if your plans for the year change, that's what move-ups are for.

This stuff ain't rocket science.