Originally Posted by
captkdobbs
Truth. I bid RES this month for the first time since finishing OE. 75% in category and was 'coveraged' into 10 of my 12 RES days (CQ this month). The 10 days were Th, F, S, Su first two weeks and F, S on the 3rd weekend. I pattern-bid 4-on with at least 1 off and ended up with 3 blocks of 4 plus 2 random days around CQ. No blue days to shuffle days off.
Nothing but 6-day trips in open time after PBS. Every one, so far, broken up into 2x 4-day trips with either a front- or back-end DH and I have been utilized each of my 4-day blocks. First time I've come close to Res Guarantee in years. (I'm 1:05 below RG).
This right here shows you really need to learn how moving days works. I move days every reserve month I have reserve. You don't need blue days, just days with worse coverage and you can do groups of days. It uses a cumulative method and worse day better logic. The closer you are to a day you'd be willing to work instead of one you have off the better odds you will have worse coverage on days you want to be work days.