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Old 05-16-2018 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
Glad your taking summer vacation from pilots that actually want to spend time enjoying the summer with their family instead of trying to fatten that W2.
Prototypical pilot mentality. In the same month one has prioritized time off, they will complain about not being able to work enough. Pretty humorous.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by webecheck
Prototypical pilot mentality. In the same month one has prioritized time off, they will complain about not being able to work enough. Pretty humorous.
Yes but if you bid the right line credit from PBS you can do a few trip trades or add just a 1/2/3 day trip and make a large chunk of change and still have the days off you wanted. Just have to bid it right so you don’t work for free.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by terminal
Dude, it’s his vacation.
Of course, it is. But, he has a point.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 11:19 AM
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DH ewr to FLL , operate FLL to IAH, DH to EWR . I met the airplane in FLL as I live in Floirda.

9.26 total credit paid at 100 percent. Easy math . So yes lots of deadheading
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Old 05-16-2018 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Zenofzin
With 7 days of vacation you just need a pbs award of 76:25/78:45 or with 14 days vaction 82:50/85:10 in a monthly bid of 30/31 days, shouldn’t be hard at all to get that in a summer bid month?
See that's the (former) beauty of being able to pick up and get paid for it anytime... you didn't have to commit to being at work for 16-17 days a month, just for the "privilege" of being able to pick up that odd trip every now and then. Worked good for 30 years.

Our lines suck enough already. Why would anyone commit to more suck, on the chance something good would show up on the fewer days off you hav due to a higher bid line value?

With PBS, the higher line value you bid the greater,the likelihood of lesser quality... Constraints and all that you know.

No you can't just trade vacation either. Doesn't quite work that way in practice.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by oldmako
Of course, it is. But, he has a point.
That person has the right to bid whatever vacation they want. And who cares if someone wants to use that vacation to manipulate their schedule.
I don’t get butthurt when Atheists or people without families bid to have Christmas off and I have to work.
Stay out of each other’s business.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by webecheck
Prototypical pilot mentality. In the same month one has prioritized time off, they will complain about not being able to work enough. Pretty humorous.
Something wrong with trying to recover lost pay for a vacation days that don't pay a full day?

You have a future behind a desk, if that's not where you are already.

"You'll fly the schedule assigned and like it."

Are you a Fred Abbott alcolyte? Never mind, not even Abbott would take your position on this.
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Old 05-16-2018 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100
Something wrong with trying to recover lost pay for a vacation days that don't pay a full day?

You have a future behind a desk, if that's not where you are already.

"You'll fly the schedule assigned and like it."

Are you a Fred Abbott alcolyte? Never mind, not even Abbott would take your position on this.
Sorry my observation struck your butt hurtedness nerve. If you want max money, why not just use vacation to drop and then get a full month pbs award? Do you really want time off, or money? Based on your logic, I’m guessing you are probably the type that never feels like they will have enough money. Which is fine, live how you want, but surely you can see the irony in your initial post which has generated several responses.
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Old 05-17-2018 | 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100
See that's the (former) beauty of being able to pick up and get paid for it anytime... you didn't have to commit to being at work for 16-17 days a month, just for the "privilege" of being able to pick up that odd trip every now and then. Worked good for 30 years.

Our lines suck enough already. Why would anyone commit to more suck, on the chance something good would show up on the fewer days off you hav due to a higher bid line value?

With PBS, the higher line value you bid the greater,the likelihood of lesser quality... Constraints and all that you know.

No you can't just trade vacation either. Doesn't quite work that way in practice.
I agree the old system pre pbs was a much better deal. You CAN move vacation days around in that month to any awarded day off, I did 16 days off in a vacation month with 105 hrs of credit. Still had a 8 day off block.
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