Capn, I'm going at the end of this month (Jul) and I was notified in May with the pop up message. I think FTB is correct, if you're going to bid for Aug in PBS and it hasn't shown up yet you're probably off the hook for Aug. If they do schedule you, they'll have to drop trips or reserve days to do it, which isn't likely.

Do you know the deal with the training golden days? You can put in up to 5 days for each month you are eligible for training that they can't schedule you. I always put in the first 5 days of each month I'm on the hook because if I'm surprised with training, I want that time to study. I don't know what other guys do.