Originally Posted by
maskara
Not commute but go home every two months for a week or 10 days. Stress for going home why?
this worked only until around 2014. until when AAR put a rule out saying no off days attached to leave. Since than it’s worked every now and than, maybe twice or three time between 2014 and 2020.
the years 17/18/19 turned out that usually only two bigger junks of 2-3 weeks long where granted not exact where you wanted them. It could have been granted plus minus a month from where your bid was (even with of season bids). Many only got one VAC granted within 18 month of a max size of 21 days.
A lot of pilots had large amounts of leave days in the bank, because it had never been granted when they where biding for it.
for a fact it’s easier to go home via a layover (Europe 24 hr) every 2 month than getting the leave bid)
sometimes it worked via live leave, where you get the permission just the evening before it start. Still your return is depending inside roaster rules to be acclimatized before the next duty, for LR and ULR min of 12 hours before. This return is monitored by when you pass the e-gate and via the tickets you use. It won’t be brought up immediately, but if something’s is coming to their attention on the subsequent flight it’s one of the first things you will hear as a point of pressure on you -„ you have not been acclimatized“ yet alone this is than a reason for your warning letter. „you are not complying with the procedures“ will be the charge. Worst case punishment on top is, taking away the privilege of ID-Tickets for a period of time and of course the letter.
having one of those letters means, falling a sim can show the exit
if you wish to do that be very careful how it can end.
with EK your life is in Dubai and only leave, if lucky, every half year will give u a trip home- that’s it the rest u are in Dxb.
In- and out every 2/3 month for 10 days does not work anymore since about 2014, thanks to AAR