Originally Posted by
HuronIP
How about just saving a little money before you get out that way you don't have to take MIL leave to supplement your first year pay and you can also avoid screwing over the other pilot’s at your airline? An O-4 pilot in the reserves working 5 days a month (10 drills) which is the minimum commitment in my squadron per month can take home 20-25K a year easily. That should be more than enough to supplement first year pay.
The statement above makes it seem like you're talking about the average reservist, not the guy who goes on orders for a year or more.
I can tell you that where I work, 5 days a month is the absolute minimum that we will let a guy participate. He's typically got to give a lot more than that on a monthly basis. And that doesn't even begin to cover annual tour or TDY's.