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Old 01-13-2020 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge
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So if I bid reserve in March, how are the X days pro-rated? Seems like this may be a workaround to get more time off if you don’t mind going lower on pay in one or both months?

Say I choose to take the pay/credit in January. Now those vacation days would be worth less in March. Do we still enter the X day table in the same row regardless of the value of the days?
Yes, it's dependent on the number of days, your bank amont has nothing to do with it.
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Old 01-13-2020 | 12:35 PM
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So in this example if you took 24.5 hours from the vacation bank (7 days worth) to cover a IVD trip, would those 7 vac days in March still exist with no credit time attached to them? In other words would there be 7 days blocked of on your schedule for vacation with no opportunity for bidding a trip during that period? If so, that’s a real downside to using vac bank hours for a IVD trip drop.
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Old 01-13-2020 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by blue vortex
So in this example if you took 24.5 hours from the vacation bank (7 days worth) to cover a IVD trip, would those 7 vac days in March still exist with no credit time attached to them? In other words would there be 7 days blocked of on your schedule for vacation with no opportunity for bidding a trip during that period? If so, that’s a real downside to using vac bank hours for a IVD trip drop.
The number of days removed is the number of days specified in the IVD. I use 1 day twice to remove 2 trips.
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Old 01-13-2020 | 12:46 PM
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Ok that makes sense. So in theory if you IVD a 4 day trip with 4 IVD days, then request through crew scheduling to actually use exactly 24.5 vac bank hours to cover it (versus the normal 3.5x4=14 hrs through regular IVD days) you would have 3 vac days left in the donor month with no credit attached to them. Is that right?
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Old 01-14-2020 | 03:57 AM
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To put it simply,

IVD usage reduces the number of days of vacation that you have

VACB usage reduces the number of hours of vacation that you have

For me personally, time off is more important than pay so I use a few VACB days a year instead of IVD's.
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Old 01-14-2020 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by blue vortex
So in this example if you took 24.5 hours from the vacation bank (7 days worth) to cover a IVD trip, would those 7 vac days in March still exist with no credit time attached to them? In other words would there be 7 days blocked of on your schedule for vacation with no opportunity for bidding a trip during that period? If so, that’s a real downside to using vac bank hours for a IVD trip drop.
Most people who use their vacation bank are doing so to reach the GS trigger. If you are very short of time for a vacation week Vacation any can be a effective bidding tool.
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Old 01-14-2020 | 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Gspeed
To put it simply,

IVD usage reduces the number of days of vacation that you have

VACB usage reduces the number of hours of vacation that you have

For me personally, time off is more important than pay so I use a few VACB days a year instead of IVD's.
ummmm, you do realize you can buy additional days of vacation with your bank and use them as an IVD.
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Old 01-14-2020 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MJP27
ummmm, you do realize you can buy additional days of vacation with your bank and use them as an IVD.
Yes but then I’m negative on my bank. I bid reserve and never have the ability to refill it.
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Old 01-14-2020 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Gspeed
Yes but then I’m negative on my bank. I bid reserve and never have the ability to refill it.
Good point....for myself working a line, it’s pretty awesome. Buying to 2 extra days of Vacation to drop 2 trips costs only me 7:30 (temporarily anyway).....
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Old 01-15-2020 | 07:08 AM
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Monthly update email confirms a Jan 17 AE release.
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