Originally Posted by
Underdog
It can definitely be a bad thing, but it depends. What if you have 12 days of vacation? 72 credit hours and you're off for the month. Some folks bid VTO with 20 or more days of vacation. If you're senior enough to have 28-36 days of vacation you get paid for each and every day of vacation in that bid month. You could attain 168(4 wk) to 210(5wk) credit hours in one month. For some, that's not a good thing. Again, it depends..."what's in your wallet?"
Got me there. I've never had more than 9 days in a month, so I never considered having the "instant buy-back" option. I was thinking more in the lines of 7-8 days, with trips to either side of the buffer and using the full 42-48 hrs.