Originally Posted by
MikeF16
Done and thanks again, this is a huge help. It is amazing how much I don't know I don't know.
While you are commuting on reserve I would personal drop a lot. You are not getting paid that much anyway. You lose the pay for that day. Make sure however you selected personal drop. There is also authorized leave but that is a silver bullet you only get once each year. For your JAN schedule move your off days into big blocks and personal drop two or three days. You will find it very tolerable. At about 5:10 EST you should know if your drop for the 20th is approved.
On 20 DEC they will start running drops and swaps every 5 hours as mentioned for next month. You can work miracles if you understand the system. Get on the DALPA site and find the how to swap on reserve tutorial.