Can anyone on the 110 days off contract explain how those days off work?! Do you get 11 consecutive days off per month during 10 months or how does it really work
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Yes that's pretty much it. You can take the 11 days back to back over two calendar months and get 22 in a row or take any 11 days in a calendar month. You can't take any vacation during months when you have a training event due which is twice per year.
Other caveats exist due to the company policy that no more than 50 percent of the foreign pilot group is allowed to take vacation at the same time and vacations are often denied altogether during peak summer and winter months. Some pilots are finding that they are being denied vacation or having their vacation cancelled after it was previously approved and are not even able to take the full 110 days over the course of the year.
Also, you are not allowed to take vacation during initial or transition training and the lost vacation doesn't accrue so you never get it back. Initial training for current and rated new hire pilots takes from 4 to 8 months (usually about 6). Transition training seems to take about 6 to 8 months (there is no transition to the A320 ever). So if you go don't expect to come home for the first six months or so and don't expect to get more than around 50 vacation days in the first year.