I kinda understood for august. If it was so bad that we had to cancel FO vacations for the month then it better have been so bad that most everybody had min days off.

These are really bad. 1 less day in the month means 1 less day off for everybody. The worst part is that the credit still isnt very good for that little time off. IAD is really inefficient especially in the afternoon but theres still tons of pairings with 1, 2, or 3 leg days and lots of deadheads. Seems to me they need to rebuild the pairings rather than just sticking a day trip or 2 day on the end of a regular 4 day.