Vacation Time?

[LittleDeuce]

vacation

I have been on "vacation" since December 2, 2001!

 

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

For comparison purposes outside the biz, our company offers two weeks after one year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15, 5 weeks after 20. Nine paid holidays a year.
If you're in (mis)management or a technical position, they offer a decent relo package. Pays for the entire move by a name brand moving company, points on your loan, closing costs and fees and related taxes, real estate fees to sell your home, 10% of your annual salary as a move bonus to cover any outside incidentals, the temporary housing stuff, etc. Only problem is sometimes the moves are voluntary (Louisville) and sometimes involuntary (Buffalo and Orlando). Not going to get any sympathy on this board about having to move too much though!
Regarding Falcon Capt.'s company, my bet is a company like GE or Allied Signal/Honeywell.

 

[banned username 2]

Getting back to Falcon Capt.

I'm patiently waiting for him to spill the beans and tell us where he works. He's been very careful about that. He's got the perfect corporate job. I'd rest easy knowing it was in Montana or some place like that.

CC.... Sorry to disappoint... it isn't the "Perfect" job... it is a good job and I'm certainly not complaining.... And I plan on staying a long, long time.... And unfortunately it is a long way from Montana... a real long way....

 

[cxcap]

What company is it?

 

[flywithruss]

Vacations

I work in a single-aircraft corporate operation, and my company has an excellent benefits package, of which a pretty good vacation policy is part. For the first five years, two weeks per year, increasing a day a year to three weeks at year ten, and increasing a half-day a year to four weeks at year twenty. After ten years, one week may be carried over, and after twenty, two weeks may be carried over.

Being a two pilot, one airplane operation, I am on call most of the time, so I don't have the airline option of using regular off days for vacation. However, we usually have some sort of upgrade or major refurbishment scheduled for our airplane every year or so. This past year, it was new paint ... the airplane was down five weeks, so I had an instant five-week paid vacation, above and beyond my alloted vacation time. In the coming year, we are looking at two to three weeks of down time for avionics upgrades ... so, another couple of weeks over and above alloted vacation time.

And give Falcon Capt a rest ... he has good reasons (as do I) for choosing not to discuss his employer on a public forum. I for one am happy that I'm in a quality corporate position at my experience level, I'm thrilled that Falcon has an excellent career-level position based on his posts, and I'm hopeful that as my experience advances I'll be fortunate enough to find a similar career-level job in the future.

R

 

[cxcap]

Re: Vacations

And give Falcon Capt a rest ... he has good reasons (as do I) for choosing not to discuss his employer on a public forum. I for one am happy that I'm in a quality corporate position at my experience level, I'm thrilled that Falcon has an excellent career-level position based on his posts, and I'm hopeful that as my experience advances I'll be fortunate enough to find a similar career-level job in the future.

R

It's not that anyone's trying to be a pain, but when someone posts on here that they work 3 days a month, fly a 777, get 15 weeks vacation, two company cars, a company boat, paid housing, free travel, a $500,000 salary, and a 150% Christmas bonus we are curious as to where they work. Besides, it's not like anyone knows who it is anyhow --- thats why we have screen names. And even if we did know who it is it's not like we are going to take that person's job from them.

 

[banned username 2]

Re: Re: Vacations

It's not that anyone's trying to be a pain, but when someone posts on here that they work 3 days a month, fly a 777, get 15 weeks vacation, two company cars, a company boat, paid housing, free travel, a $500,000 salary, and a 150% Christmas bonus we are curious as to where they work. Besides, it's not like anyone knows who it is anyhow --- thats why we have screen names. And even if we did know who it is it's not like we are going to take that person's job from them.

That isn't the point... the point is then the Chief Pilot gets flooded with resumes (trust me he has a stack of resumes as it is)...

There are plenty of guys on here who have a better Corporate gig than I do... and there are plenty who aren't as fortunate... The point is, Corporate Aviation is a very small world and if you start to upset people it tends to follow you... My Chief Pilot has plenty of "highly qualified candidates" on file... if he gets an extra couple hundred because of posts made on a message board, he might not be too happy....

Trust me, these things happen.... I have gotten nearly 200 private messages since I have been on this board (about a year) asking for help getting employed with my company... When we were hiring, and if the person had competitive times I may have given them information to assist them in their pursuit of employment with my company... If we weren't hiring I informed them of such and thanked them for their interest...

There is another person on this board who is a "new hire" with my company... He's been with us about 3 months... Look around, you'll figure out who he is... But he isn't going to tell you who he works for either, so please don't bother him...

Sorry guys, it is just a fact of life... some things are better left unsaid...

Fly Safe!

 

[cxcap]

Ok well I see your point but don't expect to post things like that on here and not have all those people questioning you about where you work. After all, the reason most people get on here is to find out that kind of information so they can have an idea of what kind of job they might like to work towards and also what is out there.

P.S. - not trying to pick on you alone Falcon Capt. -- just making a comment about the discussion

Good Day everyone

 

[banned username 2]

Ok well I see your point but don't expect to post things like that on here and not have all those people questioning you about where you work. After all, the reason most people get on here is to find out that kind of information so they can have an idea of what kind of job they might like to work towards and also what is out there.

P.S. - not trying to pick on you alone Falcon Capt. -- just making a comment about the discussion

Good Day everyone

I understand completely, and being on the other side of the fence I would be just as curious... Like I said, I get plenty of inquiries (and ALL Private Messages get answered)... and I don't mind the inquiries as long as people understand when I don't disclose...

Like I said, there is another message board user on here who works with me now (we are flying next week as a matter of fact)... Depending on various factors I may or may not disclose to certain individuals information i feel comfortable with at appropriate the time....

And no, I'm not a Lawyer, but I played one on TV...

Fly Safe!