Originally Posted by
Humboldt
Wollac,
Depending on your unit and command, they have a lot of flexibility. I have known guys to take an even earlier class date, in your case you put 6 Feb 15 as an availability date. Say you accepted a class date with an airline for 6 Jan 15. You could take permissive LV first (cause you can't sell permissive) go to airline class on a combo of permissive and personal. Finish your class and if you have 7 days between class and IOE, go work a few days at your unit. Then when you start flying airline trips, work a day or two here or there at your unit, just to make your leave zero out by your retirement date (it helps to work a Friday or a Monday and save a weekend of leave (one day of work for 3 days of leave saved)). If you have days left, you could STILL sell a few back at the end. It all depends on your squadrons flexibility. If you gave 20 years of your life, I think your Sqd CC could help a brother out!
Then you just double dipped for almost 6 months! Could be a life saver on year one pay.
Cheers,
Humboldt
But also keep in mind that depending on your squadron and CC you may not get to take all that leave. I've seen many guys limited to 60 days or so based on unit manning. You stay on their books until you actually retire, so sometimes they can't even ask for a replacement until you are off the books. Some units (and jealous CCs) also hassle people about the permissive TDY.