When I was a U-Hire in 2013, I noticed quickly the difference between CAL and UAL when dealing with military duty.

I would place military duty on my days off. Once it was inputted into my schedule, I noticed right away my MPG decreased despite being available for a full month (still had 18 days of reserve on my schedule). I went to my Legacy CAL buds in the squadron and called foul. Their response was that was how they always did it because you weren’t available for the entire month because they wouldn’t be able to roll into your days off if used for a trip (global fleet).

Of course this was a foul. Calls to ALPA reps were made and my MPG was corrected. I don’t know how long this had been going on, but I could have been significant in pay differential for some.


On a side note, I did see that they changed CCS to say MIl Leave “Request” to Mil Leave “notification.”