Actually, I missed it too. You know how it is: you're happily correcting someone else, and yet, at the most embarassing time, you manage to step on your own... Next thing you know, I'll even start correcting other people's grammer...

Actually, I thought it was a March vs. February problem, so I thought you got it backwards. But it's an "actual" vs. "required" problem.

The short answer is that there are always a lot more available than required. That's OK. The difference is in MIL leave, LOA's, LTD, etc. We never operate at the rquired number, to my knowledge. There is a 22D and 23D report, or something like that, which look similar to one another, but actually report different things. Call the CA guys for a better explanation on how to look at these reports, if needed.

Bottom line: you can't infer much from the numbers quoted.