Originally Posted by
bugman61
When you have a leave of absence that conflicts only with a portion of a trip, then company only has to clear your schedule for the day(s) of the leave. They could modify your trip and leave you on the remaining days, they just never do that.
They did it to me. Had a 6 day trip and submitted to pilot leaves a legit issue. They dropped everything for that day and after but had me fly everything prior and right up to it. It sounds like MLOA and FMLA drop an entire trip that touches those days. Maybe that part should change.