Originally Posted by fdx727pilot

As mentioned above, with a reserve line, you don't actually "conflict" anything. Futures takes the number of vacation days, either as awarded or as slid and extended per Section 7G. 3., adds the 48 hr buffer on each end, and that becomes your guaranteed time off. Then, they reconstruct your Reserve line, minus the number of vacation days. Since Mar is a 5 week month, you will do 19 days minus the number of vacation days (between 7 and 10) you end up taking. They will stick as closely to the original line as possible, and you have ability to put in preferences on how it is constructed. However, much like VTO lines, those are only preferences, and YMMV. The last time I did the Vacation/Reserve deal, they didn't honor any of my preferences.