I have renewed mine fairly recently in LA at the federal building. Had all the paperwork, printout of my flight schedule showing YYC the following week, and a letter from CPO. Still denied processing it the same day. So I surrendered it, called CPO/scheduling and was told YYC would simply be removed from my schedule (paid) if I didn’t receive the passport back in time, which I did receive it only 3 days later. The takeaway for me is just to do the minimal effort to renew, just like the regular flying public. Send the passport off in the mail and get it when you get it. Simply advise the company you are without it and they’ll adjust your schedule. Of course, no KCM out of uniform for you till you get it back. YMMV
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