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Old 12-21-2012 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Rocco
When I separated from AD in 2007 I had 112 days of leave. I just went on terminal leave. It was nice to be getting a regular check for several months. I don't see how "selling" leave back would work in your favor regardless if you have a job or not. Unless you owed someone money and they were threatening to break your legs.

I worked and got paid my regular pay.
Then I retired and some time later I got a big check from my sold back leave.
If I had taken terminal, I would have got my regular pay (like above) and then some time after I retired I would have gotten....................nothing.

Not only that - but I wanted to fly up till the end. I would have stayed longer if I had been able too!

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