Originally Posted by dodgerk

In a 30 day bid period you get 10 days off. In a 31 day bid period you get 11 days off. As stated above if you new pay proposal goes through those days will change to 11 days off in a 30 day month and 12 in a 31 day month.

As far as the blocks go there are different kinds of blocks to bid on in any combination. There can be some weeks with 2 days off following 4 or 5 days of reserve or some weeks with 3 days off following 4 or 5 days of reserve. There is also usually somewhere in the reserve bid package 1 week during the month with a bunch of days off in a row (4-6 days) but then you may only get 2 or even 1 day off during the other weeks.