Originally Posted by
booze
Do i recommend them? Yes, bcoz of brilliant training, maintenance and excellent people i met and no, due to the ever changing roster, not getting vacation and ****ty bases (most of them).
Regarding the vacations, the system changed recently, you can put in your requests for the whole year at the end of the previous one and the requested vacations are scored and approved in a semi-automatic manner. You can put in subsequent requests during the year but the earlier you do it the higher the chance you get them.
I personally got all the holidays I requested for this year, including 2x2 weeks during the summer and this is on a busy base. I am not saying that now everybody gets all the requested ones (especially during the busy periods ) but at least now there's a more fair/transparent system in place which gives pilots more chance to get those requested vacation days.