Netjets and vacation?

[Ilikeairplanes]

If you work a 7 on 7 off and take vacation do you have 3 weeks off in a row?

 

[Majik]

correct.

 

[Ilikeairplanes]

Wow! Thats awesome! How many weeks do you get per year?

 

[Majik]

8.1 Vacation Accrual

Vacations will be earned on a yearly basis which begins on July 1 and terminates on the following June 30. Vacations will be taken in the year following that year in which the vacation is earned.


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8.2 Vacation Entitlement​

Crewmembers shall on June 30 of each calendar year be entitled to the vacation periods listed in the table below. Service years shall accrue for each full year the Crewmember is on the payroll.
Service Years Completed Entitled Vacation
1-4 Years Two (2) calendar weeks.
5-9 Years Three (3) calendar weeks.
10 Years and Thereafter Four (4) calendar weeks
The Company shall credit seven (7) workdays off the schedule as defined in Section 19 for any week of earned vacation.

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8.3 Proration of Vacation​

Any newly hired Crewmember will have his vacation prorated from date of hire until June 30 of the year in which he was hired.

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8.4 Vacation Bids​

Vacation bids will be awarded on the basis of seniority within a specific fleet. The Company shall consider a Crewmember to be "within a specific aircraft fleet" (1) if the Crewmember has a duty assignment in the aircraft fleet he is bidding on the day the vacation bid closes, 2) the Crewmember has been scheduled to attend transition training or (3) has begun transition training for the aircraft fleet he is bidding on the day the vacation bid closes. A Crewmember shall bid and be awarded his vacation on the basis of whether he was classified a Captain or First Officer on the day the vacation bid closes. For purposes of this paragraph, a pilot’s Captain or First Officer classification is unaffected by his PIC or SIC duty assignment. Once
established, vacation periods may not be changed or canceled except by agreement of the Company and the Crewmember or as provided in other Sections of this Agreement. If a Crewmember changes schedules after he has been awarded vacation, the length of the dutyfree period shall be determined by the vacation language associated with the schedule the Crewmember is on at the time the vacation is taken.

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8.4(a) Rescheduling Vacations​

In the event that a Crewmember switches aircraft types, and the Crewmember’s transition training is in conflict with the Crewmember’s awarded vacation period, the Crewmember will be given the choice of:​

(i)​

Rescheduling the vacation period to a vacation slot acceptable to both the
Company and Crewmember within the vacation year.
(ii) Selling the awarded vacation time to the Company at the rate of one (1) normal day of pay (i.e. daily rate) for each awarded vacation day not used as a result of the transition training.

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8.5 Bidding Procedures​

Vacation bidding procedures are detailed in Section 19 as applicable to the schedule the Crewmember is awarded or assigned. The Company shall post vacation bids by the first Wednesday in February of each calendar year. Bids shall remain open for twenty-one (21) days. The Company shall publish vacation bid awards no later than fourteen (14) days after the end of
the twenty-one (21) day bidding period. Vacation(s) shall be bid in accordance with the following procedures:
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(i)​

Group each earned week of vacation under an alphabetic identifier, using "A" for the first week and "B", "C", "D" for any subsequent weeks.​

(ii)​

Prioritize preferences by using numeric designators for each week of earned vacation, e.g. one (1) being a pilot’s first preference and any larger number representing additional preferences in descending order.​

(iii)​

The Company shall award a pilot’s "A" week preference before awarding a "B" week preference, a "B" week preference before a "C" week preference, etc.

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8.6 Assignment of Vacation Period​

A Crewmember who does not use all entitled vacations per Section 19.2 or 19.3 as applicable, shall be assigned unused vacation period(s) by the Company per Section 19.2 or 19.3 as applicable.

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8.7 Use of Earned Vacation​

Vacations shall not be cumulative and must be taken within the vacation year following the year in which the vacation was earned, unless the vacation is lost through no fault of the Crewmember.

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8.8 Payment of Unused Vacation​

Crewmembers will be paid for all accrued, but unused vacation on a pro rata basis upon leaving the Company. In the case of death of a Crewmember, accrued but unused vacation on a pro rata basis will be paid to his estate.

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8.9 Sufficiency of Vacation Slots​

The Company shall make a sufficient number of vacation slots available every week so that no fewer than two (2) percent of Captains and First Officers in each fleet can take a vacation in each week of the vacation year. The Company shall provide the Union as soon as possible but no later than five (5) business days before posting of the vacation bids with the number of vacation slots available in each week and verification that the number of slots
satisfied the aforementioned two (2) percent rule.
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[Plug]

The way I read the contract, with a 7&7 schedule you will actually only work 23 weeks and only fly 22 of those. You start at 26-2 (vacation)-1 (sick)-1 (recurrent)= 22. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me!

 

[bluepost]

Actually 2 FSI a year and one company recurrent so you fly 21 weeks a year or 20 if you get sick. But recurrent is work in my book.

 

[Plug]

even better!!!!!!!!

 

[Diesel]

19 if you get sick. 2 weeks sick time a year

 

[bluepost]

12 days, not two weeks. I am a stickler for details. They will use you for those two days, so you are flying that week.

 

[Diesel]

or just dock your pay

 

[Just Peachy]

vacations

Speaking of vacations... I met one of the FLOPS guys on the road last week and he told me the company was letting no one go on vacation as they are so short handed.

AND... they are NOT paying your for your missed vacation... IS THAT RIGHT?
I think Id be talking to an attorney and the state labor board over that.....:uzi:

 

[RJET]

Hi guys,
I am new to Netjets and I want to make sure I am bidding vacation correctly. I have 9 earned vacation days, however, I only have an "A" group. So have I bid 1a, 2a, etc. vacation start on monday for a 7 day period, what happens to the remaining two days? Thanks

 

[Grizz]

RJET -

Call me tomorrow. My number is on the calendar on our message board.

 

[NJA bound]

Hi guys,
I am new to Netjets and I want to make sure I am bidding vacation correctly. I have 9 earned vacation days, however, I only have an "A" group. So have I bid 1a, 2a, etc. vacation start on monday for a 7 day period, what happens to the remaining two days? Thanks

Glad I'm not the only one that can't figure this stuff out.

 

[T-1GUY]

Any idea if there is any inflation protection built into the contract. The way I see it, this only occurs once you top out with raises of 2.5%.

Any inputs???

 

[Guitar Guy]

To quote our union president, "It is what it is". There's no inflation protection for the pay scales. And the 2.5% bumps at the top of the scale are actually "2.5% or COLA, whichever is LESS". (Emphasis added.)