Originally Posted by
sigtauenus
My understanding was that guard/reserve guys can drop one trip each month with mil leave to do their guard/reserve flying. Works out to the be same work days, but in the early years the guard/reserve pay is more per work day, in later years, you're losing money dropping the trip to fly guard/reserve.
You can drop as much as you need or want to...no limits (except for the 5 year voluntary thing which is essentially impossible to reach). Federal law is crystal clear on that, and any employer who tries to impose their own more restrictive limits is going to get a spanking.
You are correct about the pay value, but drill days also increase your retirement points. I calculated that for a typical O-5 (who lives to age 90) each point is worth $150 ($300 per drill day) so that's worth taking into consideration too.