That would be fraud and I would bet that it is very, very rare. You would have to be an idiot to do that. What is more common is not that blatant, but folks leveraging their MIL to improve their schedule above what their seniority could get them - illegal - No, not if they are doing MIL. Unethical - Maybe? I was the squadron OPs O years ago and I get a call from an airline Chief Pilot. It seems one of our more "resourceful" Pilots had moved an administrative drill to 23 December that coincidentally dropped a 4 day 23-26 December trip. Legal? Absolutely. But this period could have been performed anytime and did not need to be done on 23 December. It was moved specifically to get out of working Christmas when his seniority could not hold Christmas off. This kind of thing always rubbed me the wrong way and is probably the reason MIL Leave is not as easy as it used to be. I told the CP that he would have to talk to the CO since he approved the drill.

Is manipulating your schedule solely to improve QOL and not really fulfilling a Military need legal - Yes. Is it ethical? Much tougher question. Especially if junior folks are getting off forcing more senior Pilots to work.

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