Denny,

I believe vacay slide operates first and is independent of res/reg requirements (not 100% sure on this one and a little too jet-lagged in Japan to look it up just now)... just looks at coverage available.

Good luck to you and me both... trying to do the same thing in the Atl... been very successful with the slide thingy the last two years, but a lot more guys are wise to it now.

Hockey and Buzz,

Did youse guys bid your 5 golden days for recurrent training months? I've never had a problem avoiding the week after Xmas, even though I've been very junior in my category...

However, when I forgot to bid my golden days, I have gotten less than stellar training assignments.