Originally Posted by
rickair7777
This.
It's not ideal to drop extended mil leave in your first year at an airline, but I wouldn't give up the seniority or the UPT slot in this case.
Its not an ideal situation but you can’t put your life on hold for months or even years waiting for .mil to make good on promises.
Recommend looking at a regional with a pathway program to a major you want to be a lifer at. If they’ve got a flow through the clock will be running while you’re on mil leave and if they’ve got a interview program a military background will check more boxes and perhaps get you hired earlier than applying directly off the street would.