Not just a rumor. BS posted a video on Skynet.

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And the reason why summer vacations were cut by 50% is because of the extra day of the year in Feb. Sure. That makes total sense.

Agreed. What a load of bull. I'd bet the reduced summer vacations were an input, not an output...

If he actually said that......it makes me question anything he says in the future. That's just ludicrous.

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What would happen if no one bid the vacancies? Or didn’t bid the A vacancies?

Just watched the Crew Resources video. If I understood it, it sounded to me like they removed the vacation days in order to decrease the ALVs (by increasing the number of pilots available.) He did mention Feb as a 31 day bid month and therefore ALV was higher there too. It sounds like they are playing so close to the staffing margins that a Feb increased ALV may have impacted the summer ops slightly. (TLV impact maybe? but I’m not a expert in these black arts.)

Another great QOL improvement driven by our staffing shortages...

As word spreads (slowly) about IVDs, I suspect more and more folks will figure out how to make their own summer vacation. This is going to be a mess...

Blaming the lack of summer vacation on a leap year is insulting. The airline is not staffed properly.

I don't think I'd go that far. BS strikes me as a guy doing the best with the hand he is dealt, and trying to be a lot more open/transparent with the processes. I doubt the summer vacation reduction was his idea.

The bigger issue is "Status quo". I hope the union is on this. Somehow having more Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks available seems like a ploy to fix their summer staffing problem.