Depends on the company and domicile. You would probably get a better answer asking the question in the thread for the regional(s) which have bases where you plan to live.

In general not a lot of CONTROL over schedule for the first 6-9 months, but you may get plenty of time off waiting for training or on reserve. But hard to plan around that. You should typically have 2 weeks vacation available after 12 months.

But vacation is not necessarily the only option, you can usually bid for some number of days off in a row and use that instead of or to supplement vacation. More seniority makes that easier. The downside to bidding days off is that you don't know for sure until the month prior. Actual vacation allows you to do long-term planning.

Shouldn't be a problem, unless you get stuck on reserve bidding hard lines which probably don't have more than four days off in a row. That would depend on the company and the domicile.

Also there's a work around since you only need travel once a quarter...bid 4-5 days off at the end of one month and then do the same at the beginning of the next month. Only limitation there is that it won't work if there's a big holiday during that timeframe (unless you're senior in base).

BTW...if your travel is for military reserve duty then you don't have to worry about the time off. They just have to give it to you, plus travel days, plus enough time to rest before and after travel.

I'm not familiar with all airlines, but I believe Envoy, PSA, and Piedmont only get one week of vacation after 12 months. Due to recent concessionary contracts, pilots get significantly less vacation today than in the past. It's pretty difficult to get time off.

Restoring some of the lost vacation would go a long way to repairing the abysmal quality of life.

Average of 15/30 days off. Versus many jobs which get 8/30 off. And there is zero physical labor involved. But it's abysmal?

Where do you work? At my job, it's tough to get more than 11 days off each month, often less. 15 days of just doesn't happen. Yes, the quality of life is abysmal. Obviously, your employer is much better. I am looking to move up to greener pastures.

I work at same company and I've been here less than 6 months, not in the most junior base, and I have 15 days off, 12 in a row, making 4 hours over guarantee. Life could definitely be much, much worse.

Not an issue at PSA......At all.

Funny how what you read on the internet vs. what you hear on the line is the complete opposite.

I haven't taken actual vacation time yet, but I have been able to bid days off I want and get a large chunk off to go vacation as I please. As a result I have just over 4 weeks of vacation time saved up. Just under 2 years at my regional.

Some folks will do this, bank the vacay and then use it or cash it in at the higher rate after they upgrade.