That comes from the misconception that people drop mil leave and DONT perform mil duty to optimize their schedules.

The truth of the matter is there's plenty of other mil related work to be done outside scheduled monthly drill weekends. Additional flight periods for currency, staff work, leadership role duties, etc... it's not hard to get on a pay status to do extra work. It doesn't require "orders", and it's not lying or doing anything shady.

So a pilot drops a trip they don't "like" to perform unscheduled mil duties. Is it really "abusing" mil leave to go do work that pays significantly less?. Trust me, everyone that's dropped a Delta trip to perform mil duties at some point during the day will bust out a calculator to figure out how much money they're missing out on. 2x pain if you got a GS call while at drill.