Now that the new reality is here for the Reserves (for the time being?) --how does your squadron handle the following scenario...

TACC/AD Squadron ask Reserves if they can fill a week long MPA trip (Pay to Play funding). Schedulers ask around and get three pilot volunteers and take the trip. One of the pilots is an airline guy and puts in for Mil Leave for the week long trip (dropping an airline trip). The other two are troughers. As happens, the trip gets cancelled. Does anyone get paid?

The answer pre-LTMPA was "it depends" (at least in my squadron). The troughers got nothing and the airline guy got a couple of days pay (not enough to make up for his dropped airline trip)--the disparity right there begs questions.

I'd like to know how other squadrons handle that scenario.

Here are my thoughts. All three should get paid a weeks pay; they will obviously have to come in everyday and do productive work; the status would be MPA. Reasoning: 1. The airline guy BY LAW has to produce a 7 day pay check to his company (if asked), otherwise he could be charged with ML abuse. 2. The other two could have made other employment plans (substitute teaching, painting house, whatever) had they not made a COMMITMENT to the USAF. 3. The USAF needs to understand that Reserve pilots are not at their beck and call--it needs to be a two way street.

Thoughts?