Thanks. State government position.

 

You could definitely do two week stretches. In November we get to do a master vacation bid. Which is awarded week at a time. I think I was able to pick up to 5 weeks. Vacation time limiting. If you don't get the weeks you want, you can at anytime go into the vacation list. If there are extra slots available for the weeks you want you can have them awarded almost immediately.

 

its easy to get 7-8 days off. 3 weeks master vacation helps for that. I usualy cancel most of my master vacation and just bid around the time i want of. (Instead of taking 7 days master vacationi cut it down to 3. And bid to have the 3-4 days off before it..)

 

We bid in November for the next year's vacation slots. Each slot is a week long. The company figures out how many weeks you can bid for based upon hours in your bank and how many you will accrue over the next year. Depending on the size of the domicile there will a set amount of slots for each week. It's awarded by seniority of course. If you have three weeks available you can bid them consecutively, whether or not you can hold it is something else. You also list your preferences saying if you cant give me time off in July, make it August, or June... You need to be rather senior to get Christmas, Thanksgiving or time off in the summer. If you don't get the weeks you want you'll be placed on a waiting list.

Now that's for the master bid. At anytime throughout the year you can put in for vacation as well. If it's more than a couple months out it may be immediately awarded, or you may be placed on a waiting list again.

You can cancel vacation (with some restrictions on when), or cancel just parts of it as well. You're not stuck with it.

When you upgrade, transfer, or transition you lose your vacation slot. As senior pilots to you do that (or they quit) that vacation time opens up again and is awarded to those on the waiting list.

I can routinely get 10+ days off while only using 4-5 days of vacation.

 

The slot formula for master vacation is arbitrary, fyi (like the min reserves). If you're on the waiting list, they can and/or will deny you vacation regardless of the policy if they don't have the staffing. And SAPA will just roll over when you file a PIC.

 

Thanks. That was really informative

 

See you there !!

 

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Excellent!
Filler

 

I'll also see you there.