Vacation question
12-08-2007 | 08:18 PM
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12-09-2007 | 08:01 AM
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From: Dispersing Green House Gasses on a Global Basis
As to "spend less and get more days off"...Can't agree to that. If you use a 7day vacation, on VTO, you'll be assigned additional trips or whatever it takes to get you within that month's BLG range. For this December, that's 68 to 77:12. So, take 42 hrs from that, and you get a possible 26 to 35 hrs of trips added to your VTO line. That's 4 to 6 days of work.
So, in a 28 day month, you end up with 22 to 24 days off. Me? I ended up with 23 days off. And, a BLG of 72 hrs.
You are correct that you are only guaranteed 11 consecutive days( 7 day vacation + 4 days of buffer), on VTO. Doing better than that, of course, depends on your seniority. And, I would argue that if you can't do it on VTO, you probably wouldn't be able to do better on a regular line.
So, in a 28 day month, you end up with 22 to 24 days off. Me? I ended up with 23 days off. And, a BLG of 72 hrs.
You are correct that you are only guaranteed 11 consecutive days( 7 day vacation + 4 days of buffer), on VTO. Doing better than that, of course, depends on your seniority. And, I would argue that if you can't do it on VTO, you probably wouldn't be able to do better on a regular line.
I also like using my vacation hours, in fact, I like using more than my vacation hours. With PBS/VTO it is impossible to go in the hole on your vacation bank
12-09-2007 | 09:52 AM
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I never did understand the beef with bidding VTO during a vacation month. I did it in Dec., with a 7 day vacation, and I'm working 5 days.
Explain to me, what's wrong with that? Unless you're going to tell me that I used 42 hours of vacation.
BTW...I'm still adamantly against a PBS system here.
Explain to me, what's wrong with that? Unless you're going to tell me that I used 42 hours of vacation.
BTW...I'm still adamantly against a PBS system here.
12-12-2007 | 01:18 PM
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