Originally Posted by CX500T

I'm a very junior lineholder on the 7ER in NY. I normally put my drill weekends in a "prefer off" at the 1st and 2nd priority for both line and reserve bid. If I have to reschedule a drill weekend here or there, it's not usually a big deal, so I only Mil Leave for the few mandatory drill weekends and AT/ADT orders.

Sometime in the last 48 hours our June drill weekend (9/10) became "not mandatory but you better have a damn good reason like a wedding or a vacation" due to external factors at the next higher command.

I got a coverage award for a 4 day starting on the 9th. It's also my highest paying trip for the month (26+ hours)

Anyone near me seniority wise was coverage awarded trips or reserve right around that weekend.

Is my understanding that if I Mil Leave the 9/10th, I lose the whole trip correct? One of the guys in my unit (not a Delta guy) seems to think I only lose the 2 days, and then I get deadheaded to the rest, and thinks that's a USERRA thing. I think he's on crack. But if he's right, I'd like to know.

I am currently on a set of 3 week orders they dropped in my lap on 5 day notice so I'm thinking of telling the reserve "I gave you 3 weeks last month, I'm not coming" because I don't want to lose 1/3 of my month's pay to make $500 after taxes sitting in some sweaty ass auditorium listening to some Admiral drone on for an hour about things that don't apply to me.

As I'm understanding it my options are:

1-Mil Leave, lose a 26 hour trip, try to whiteslip something to make some of it back.
2-Tell reserves I'm not coming in June, they got 3 weeks out of me in May.

If there's more options, I'd be glad to hear them. I'm about burnt out on Reserve stuff at the moment, and would rather fly, especially since I'm off reserve and have some decent trips considering my lack of seniority.

I'm still on probation if that factors in at all.