back to back vacation?

[CA1900]

so lets say you got 5 weeks vacation...

Won't happen. Vacation doesn't carry over to the next year -- you use it every year. Two weeks for years 1-4, Three weeks for years 5-9, and Four weeks in year 10 and after. So the max you could have available for a year is 4, not 5.

By "year" I mean a NJA "vacation year," which goes July 1 to June 30.

...and i want to take 1 week per month for the first 5 months of the year. does this mean from jan to jun i will only be working one week every month?

Basically, yes. (Although January to June would be 6 months, and you'd only have 4 weeks vacation, so say January to April.) Keep in mind that a 7/7 schedule works you 15.2 days per month on average, so your proposal wouldn't exactly have you at one week a month. A week of vacation will knock out one of your 7-day tours; look at it that way.

 

[NJA bound]

A 10 year pilot could essentially have 3 weeks off every month for 8 months strait if bid one week vacation per month for the last four months of the vacation year and the first four months of the next vacation year, 21 days off each month starting March through October.

A first year pilot like hopalong could do this but only for four months strait, hopalong will have 2 full weeks to use from 01JUL '07 through 30JUN '08, and another 2 weeks from 01JUL '08 to 30JUN '09, so he or she could use this years vacation for one week in May and one week in June 2008, and next years vacation bid one week in July and one week in Aug. 2008 and have 21 days off each month from May through Aug. of 2008.

That's not a bad idea, that's like having the whole summer off, one 7 day tour per month all summer long, not bad.

 

[skiandsurf]

That's not a bad idea, that's like having the whole summer off, one 7 day tour per month all summer long, not bad.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember, this job (industry) sucks. Low pay. Long training events. Checkrides. Medicals. Gone too much. Working on weekends and holidays. Missing birthday parties, and family get togethers. This vacation is just a little extra time to spend with the family. How many other jobs require you to be gone up to 7 days a week?

 

[captain dad]

It is all lies. Don't listen to these guys. They don't know what they are talking about. They are just trying to sucker you in to work at NetJets. It is a terrible job, they treat you like dogs, you stay in rat hole hotels, the planes are junk, and the company is going down the tubes.

Have fun flying that cattle car, I mean 737.

 

[Fozzy]

Finally someone else is telling the truth.
Stay far far away, NJA is NOT the place to be. Cleaning lav's and throwing bags. We don't even fly "real" planes.
Didn't you hear, all the airlines are hiring again!

 

[Way2Broke]

Thanks for the chuckle guys. What is a "real" plane anyways?

 

[CA1900]

Finally someone else is telling the truth.
Stay far far away, NJA is NOT the place to be. Cleaning lav's and throwing bags. We don't even fly "real" planes.
Didn't you hear, all the airlines are hiring again!

Yep, plus, it looks like you won't have to retire at 60 at the airlines anymore, so you can work all the way 'til Medicare kicks in, just like here. What a deal!

 

[hopalong]

A 10 year pilot could essentially have 3 weeks off every month for 8 months strait if bid one week vacation per month for the last four months of the vacation year and the first four months of the next vacation year, 21 days off each month starting March through October.

A first year pilot like hopalong could do this but only for four months strait, hopalong will have 2 full weeks to use from 01JUL '07 through 30JUN '08, and another 2 weeks from 01JUL '08 to 30JUN '09, so he or she could use this years vacation for one week in May and one week in June 2008, and next years vacation bid one week in July and one week in Aug. 2008 and have 21 days off each month from May through Aug. of 2008.

That's not a bad idea, that's like having the whole summer off, one 7 day tour per month all summer long, not bad.

Daddy like....

 

[Masterplan]

Vacation

Do you have to take your vacation a week at a time? or can you take a couple of the days at a time?

 

[pilotpat]

I know I just worked 15 hours on my app...but after reading the last few comments, I think I'm gonna throw it away. I don't want to work at NJ any more.




Riiiiight.....Now, where's that FedEx guy? He's running late!