Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

Sounds like they are planning for him to do an OE, but just haven't assigned it to a NH yet. They might not get around to it until a day or so prior to report. If you can trade it for a better trip, might be worth it to go ahead and do it now. Unless you want to roll the dice that whoever they have in mind for it will be ready. If they're not, it's your trip.