Originally Posted by TED74

You definitely want to not only finish OE, but also consolidation (100 hours in the airplane) before taking significant chunks of mil leave. It's the right thing to do (IMHO) and your unit should completely understand. After that, timing is up to you, depending on how much heat you want to take from your CPO. I'm pretty sure your probation extends one-for-one for mil leave periods exceeding 30 continuous days, but I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment...

Originally Posted by MTSUFlyer

Anyone here have experience with Mil Leave as a new hire? I interviewed in May and was told to expect late July to early August Indoc but I think it will probably be closer to September now. I am Palace Chasing in August to a C-130 unit (no C-130 experience) and will have to take Mil Leave for the full initial qual course at Little Rock which will be 4-5 months plus seasoning so probably 8-9 months total. The guard unit seams pretty flexible so I don't think there will be a problem getting through IOE before going to Little Rock, but they've been deployed so no communication on timeline. At some point while I'm on probation I'll have to take several months of Mil Leave which isn't the most ideal situation, but at this point I'm still on cloud 9 on getting the CJO! Any thoughts on approximately how long after Indoc I should tell my guard unit would be a good time to attend the C-130 training?

Originally Posted by THT Fog

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Got the CJO on 7/2 w/ FLYCAMERON.

Talked to a buddy who was interviewed on 7/3. They were 8 of 10.

Happy 4th of July!

Originally Posted by MikeF16

I assume you were up front about your military obligations during your interview? If so then I agree that it would be in your personal best interest to get consolidated before dropping mil leave. If you forgot about the 8-9 months of military obligation during your interview, then I'd recommend getting off probation 1st.

Originally Posted by MTSUFlyer

I was up front with everything I knew, which was basically I'm Palace Chasing and going to a different airframe which will required mil leave for initial qual training probably in 2016. They didn't ask about dates and I didn't speculate.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

If your consolidated they will have no issues. Even if your not they will work with you if there are no other options. You will more then likely need a currency sim anyway due to the time you will miss. Delta generally has no problem with mil leave especially if it is a school. Where they get upset is if you drop trips over a holiday to do one paperwork drill or consistently place a drill day right in the middle of each on call block on reserve. A large portion of the management pilots were or are in the reserves. They know exactly what your doing in those cases.
They have had issues with a few individuals who showed up for in doc and then dropped long term orders on them. Still not much they can do about it.