Originally Posted by
palooza
Abusing mil leave is a different issue. I hear you, but being non-volunteered for a deployment that's 5 months after starting indoc creates problems. The real problem starts with not knowing when you'll start indoc. Now instead of having 10 months till the deployment, it's only 5. Of course you want to start off right with a new career, but some circumstances require you to use mil leave...
Deployements are not an issue. The abuse is with the mil leave guys who take three weeks of leave each month to go to their unit and never have the time to actually fly for Delta. They were hired because Delta needs them.......not so they can get a seniority number until Delta pay tops military pay. I'm amazed at some of the things new hires tell me about the mil leave they take every month.