Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest about Delta?" Part 2

Pretty sure they are referring to the initial bid of vacation, most you can do per round is 2 weeks. Sure you can bid round per round to put them all together (to varying success) but not all at one time.

bugman61

06-19-2023 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nene (Post 3653038)

Take a look at the vacation wide report. There are pilots with 3-5 weeks for their PVAC. This is different than a pilot bidding adjoining weeks in separate cycles, as those would show separate PVAC/SVAC/etc blocks. You can bid for all 35 days of your vacation in the first round, assuming all 5 weeks are available.

Puddytatt

06-19-2023 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 3652912)

I’m not sure that’s true. I plopped 4 weeks down this summer via my primary. It was the end of July into August so maybe that helped?!?

Oops! Thanks for the correction. Just recently got a 3rd week and didn't know that about weeks beyond 2.

Ar Pilot

06-19-2023 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaww (Post 3653022)

IVDs are the undisputed heavyweight champion of getting the summer time you need off. The above cannot be overstated. if you want summer weeks off, use an IVD if you don’t have vacation. Bank time or work around the IVD. It’s not perfect but you can have summer vacations here without too much hassle.

Also, reference 23.I.19. Great way to drop a trip with PD/APD/IVD and use future vacation hours to pay yourself for the trip. This reduces your future vacation hours while retaining the vacation days (useful if you have an actual vacation over your future vacation days.) It’s a pseudo way to get summer “vacation.”

GogglesPisano

06-20-2023 07:51 AM

Does "Holiday Pay" count towards the GS trigger?

It's Pay No Credit (but so is vacation.)

OOfff

06-20-2023 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 3653701)

Does "Holiday Pay" count towards the GS trigger?

It's Pay No Credit (but so is vacation.)

no, it does not

nene	06-20-2023 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 3653701)

Does "Holiday Pay" count towards the GS trigger?

It's Pay No Credit (but so is vacation.)

Isn't that some vacation is pay/no credit.....

Oh and Juneteenth not included in holiday pay....

DWC CAP10 USAF

06-20-2023 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 3653701)

Does "Holiday Pay" count towards the GS trigger?

It's Pay No Credit (but so is vacation.)

Pay only.

But vacation is considered pay and credit for line construction purposes

Scoop

06-21-2023 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by tripled (Post 3651568)

did we just monetize vacation days

I don't understand this comment. IVDs are just moving around vacation days you already have - we can not fly on an IVD day so I don't think we are monetizing them. I have used all allowable IVD days every summer since they were instituted - I think IVDs are Da Bomb! Been turning two weeks of mostly August vacations into over 30 days off straight in July and August since around 2016 with IVDs and APDs. Yeah I miss prime GS season but life is too short.

Scoop

Herkflyr

06-21-2023 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DWC CAP10 USAF (Post 3653791)

Pay only.

But vacation is considered pay and credit for line construction purposes

AND....vacation pay is credited towards the GS trigger for regular lineholders. Holiday pay is pay only, the end.

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