Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
35 days to be precise, and yes FC leaders can take breaks. They just can't (and shouldn't be) lengthy breaks so long as they intend to remain in control of the FC, because the FC needs a leader.

Additionally, having been on the resolving end of a situation where leadership got messy – the old leader came back and reclaimed position during a free login period, then vanished, and I was left as the highest ranked member left waiting to "catch" their expiring leadership role and pass it back to the correct leader – we would have been quite stuck if they were able to just hold that position in absence for longer. The timer is there for a sensible reason.
If this is good depends a lot on the situation. In your situation it was of course good.