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I was just wondering what type of pto or time off a line holder gets a year. I know that you have your schedule lets say 4 on 3 off but what if you want 10 days off to take the family on vacation. How does it work?
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PTO? I have one authorized leave of absence per year, but if I take it, I don't get paid for the trip I've missed. But, depending on the amount of reserve pilots available, you're able to trade trips with other pilots, drop trips (with no pay) or swap trips if there are any unassigned or open-time trips.
You get vacation, at my airline, based on years of seniority. I'm starting my seventh year next year and I think I'm still around 3 weeks of vacation per year.
Usually I bid them throughout the year so I have a week off here, and a week off there, but I usually try and coordinate it with Kristie during the 'off season' so we can non-rev somewhere. I feel sorry for the guys with kids that have to bid summer vacations (which are uber premium) and then can't get anywhere inexpensively because the flights are full. Yow!