Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
For the few guys that might actually live nearby it is for sure.
For anyone trying to commute/PD/Swap, not so much.
My contention is they should be counting anyone that is awarded RES on that day, whether they have finished OE yet or not. It is more than reasonable to assume that they will be out on the line by the time that date rolls around, unless they are on Shadow days.
Even if we spot them the Shadow days, that would still make the majority of the month positive (at least prior to the first PCS run) allowing for a little bit of QOL in categories affected by this issue.
Well, I compared the May and June bid awards. Last person in May to finish OE and be awarded reserve had seniority number 12591. That same individual only has 1 person below him in June that is scheduled to sit reserve on 1 July, and that 1 person is scheduled to finish OE on the 1st of June so there is plenty of time to make up OE if his trip runs short.
As for NYC GS, those are a pain since most of us are commuters. Just today an easy 2 day went out of base because of the short notice between award and report. I'd have loved to fly that but there was simply no possible way for me to get there short of borrowing an SR-71. The only one I have flown so far was a trip where I was already in base finishing one trip with a 30 hour layover and got the call before I commuted home.