Johney
Pineapple King
I'm guessing not after already having 3 in Jan.I actually chose 2 weeks in April.
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cachsux
Wah
Who ya kidding. I'll prob still have snow for the five weeks I took in May/June.
cachsux
Wah
Johney
Pineapple King
24 FT or 24 FT in feeders?
MaceFremonti
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'91 and I have March, April, 2 in June, July, and September. Could have taken an August if I wanted.....of course all of my former package buddies say Feeders is a permanent vacation so......
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Same. Oh, actually...couldn't get February either. What's with that?!?!?
cachsux
Wah
24 FT. 19 in feeder.
cachsux
Wah
Tell you what. After this winter I'd almost consider jan-feb vacations.
Johney
Pineapple King
5 years in package then feeders? Sweet. Minimum of 25 years in package to get into feeders here.
cachsux
Wah
I was fortunate to catch the wave going from PT to PC and then PC to feeder. Then again I always had my name on each list and when they said it was time to go I didn't hesitate.
Johney
Pineapple King
Nice!
barnyard
KTM rider
I have heard of that. They want to know if the supe went over everything he/she is supposed to go over. That the training ride was an effective training ride. I had the same type of thing 5ish years ago. Wanted to know what part of the route the supe drove, what we covered while he drove and that kind of stuff.
cachsux
Wah
'Lord Brown's bidding'
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The best vacations, IMO, are the weeks no one else wants, because they wouldn't dream of taking a vacation in the middle of winter. They don't realize cruises and things are cheaper then, and far less crowded. And nothing like a well - timed vacation week that happens to fall when we get hit with a major snow storm; I actually pulled that off this year!
People also warn me about working weekends and holidays. My thought process is my weekend will be when I have two days off; Saturday and Sunday are days in my week, but they don't have to be at the ends; thankfully my wife kinda sees it that way. The hardest part will be scheduling around the kid's days off from school, although between the holidays (thank goodness for our many Jewish teachers, our district gets off for Rosh Hoshanna and Yom Kippur) and "Teacher Improvement Days"(read: no school), we will have our opportunities.
'Lord Brown's bidding'
Well-Known Member
To add to my post above, I now have enough seniority to get some of the peripheral weeks in summer, like in June, maybe one in August, but I still choose the weeks in Sept after school has begun, or sometime in Jan - Mar.
No sir, picking vacations won't bother me in Feeders. Not gaining weight, now that'll be a frustrating challenge!
No sir, picking vacations won't bother me in Feeders. Not gaining weight, now that'll be a frustrating challenge!
'Lord Brown's bidding'
Well-Known Member
Your peak temp hires who come from the inside would be on our Q-list. During peak, they work Feeders, no choice (going strictly by seniority, it seems like I can choose to do peak feeder driving in 705; here, we have no choice).
Outside peak, once sent back down to package Feeders needs are subservient to Package, i.e. they have to "ask" the center manager could they make due without that particular driver that day.
The "replacement driver" you mentioned sounds like a bidded position; that is what we on the q-list are waiting for. At that point we stay permanently in feeders.
