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I think I need 4 days, at the Guard, to get the required sorties....my bosses think closer to 6. Right now I've just been working them on my off days because I can usually get a good line with a decent amount of days off. In the summer months, I usually bid off 2ish days and do the rest on my off days. I'm trying to do what's right for both masters. I don't MLOA weekends or holidays, I do what's required, participate in training events, help out when asked and deploy when required. I don't like being treated like an abuser because the of the actions of a few. So many screamed on here about how we shouldn't change sick leave based on the actions of a few sick leave abusers, yet are quick to lump mil guys in the MLOA abuser column. It would be cool to get some credit toward the trigger, but some of the points on here are valid and I'm just not sure how that would look.
My only complaint is vacation bidding. Last year, I happen to be deployed during the vacation bid window, meaning I was not allowed to bid. So when I got back, I was assigned whatever was leftover. I scored a sweet mid-Feb vacation when I could have held a summer vacation. Thanks to that deployment I was prorated 2 days, which I'm ok with. The crappy part is this meant I was only allowed to bid 1 week. So they let me bid my primary vacation and then they just tag the remaining 5 days onto that week. The catch is, BOTH weeks are required to be available. I would simply request to be able to bid 1 week in the primary and the remaining 5 days in the secondary...I really don't think that's asking too much. On top of that I'm fortunate enough to be deployed again during next years vacation bidding. So for 2018 vacation, looks like I'll get whats left over, once again...and only get to bid 1 week in the following vacation year. Oh well, I could be digging ditches.
I've got friends who I went to UPT with who after doing about 4 years of an 8 year commitment were able to walk away. No, it wasn't part of a drawdown, no RIF. Circa 1999. If you wanted to keep doing the min they really didn't want them in the unit so they said you can walk and we'll send you a letter every year until your commitment is up. Something like that from what I was told. Maybe they've tightened up on this. Maybe not.Originally Posted by crewdawg
So the day after you winged, you could have just stopped showing up? Did you get out or stop flying before your contract expired? I signed a pilot contract for 10 years when I received my wings. That contract has not yet expired. I guess I could just stop showing up...but then I might be considered AWOL. I might be able to stop flying, but I'm physically able and that is the contract I signed with the AF (ANG). I simply responded to a direct quote that said "it is a choice"...inferring it's a continual choice. Saying that it's a choice based on them getting in 6-9 years ago, it about as asinine as the "commuting is a choice," crowd. I think I need 4 days, at the Guard, to get the required sorties....my bosses think closer to 6. Right now I've just been working them on my off days because I can usually get a good line with a decent amount of days off. In the summer months, I usually bid off 2ish days and do the rest on my off days. I'm trying to do what's right for both masters. I don't MLOA weekends or holidays, I do what's required, participate in training events, help out when asked and deploy when required. I don't like being treated like an abuser because the of the actions of a few. So many screamed on here about how we shouldn't change sick leave based on the actions of a few sick leave abusers, yet are quick to lump mil guys in the MLOA abuser column. It would be cool to get some credit toward the trigger, but some of the points on here are valid and I'm just not sure how that would look.
My only complaint is vacation bidding. Last year, I happen to be deployed during the vacation bid window, meaning I was not allowed to bid. So when I got back, I was assigned whatever was leftover. I scored a sweet mid-Feb vacation when I could have held a summer vacation. Thanks to that deployment I was prorated 2 days, which I'm ok with. The crappy part is this meant I was only allowed to bid 1 week. So they let me bid my primary vacation and then they just tag the remaining 5 days onto that week. The catch is, BOTH weeks are required to be available. I would simply request to be able to bid 1 week in the primary and the remaining 5 days in the secondary...I really don't think that's asking too much. On top of that I'm fortunate enough to be deployed again during next years vacation bidding. So for 2018 vacation, looks like I'll get whats left over, once again...and only get to bid 1 week in the following vacation year. Oh well, I could be digging ditches.