Does any operator offer paid military leave? I believe that Metro doesnt. Seems strange that most pilots come from the military and many are still serving in the Reserves and we have to take unpaid leave to serve while the companies are pounding their chest that they proudly "Support our Troops"

there's your answer

Sorry your WOFT packet was denied.

youre not an E-1

Officers are the worst in nepotism and the most creative at working the system

if you work for a company that has union representation, and your contract allows it, you might get paid a contractual amount. Most government employers have some sort of pay for those called up or activated. Example- I am a county employee that is also a reservist. Activated for a year. My military pay was less than my county pay. I was paid the difference between county and militar, so that my military equaled my county. I did not get full pay for both. Every company is different.

from a company while you are not working there? You do realize this would be a taxpayer beneft, right? Stop the steal. 

It's cheaper to pay a good, skilled employee while they are serving their county than to hire and train their replacement. But you would know nothing about that. Get over it.

Their bloated, and scarily unionized (yes, even government employees have their own union; which allows ridiculous ineptitude to flourish), system allows for paid time when they're on military leave.  Double-dippers.  

That's not like the real world at all, so wake up.  The above example of a county paying your difference is an abosulute rarity and is for enlisted guys typically as we all know they get paid doggy-doo in comparison to us.  

sounds like a good thing

It just becomes a system to stay hired for eternity; takes an act of congress to get a dirtbag DAC fired.  Plus, although they're government employees, they can't be mandated to do things despite a department of defense need; which is crazy.  They're DoD emplyees.  Not contractors.  They serve at the needs of the military; just a step or so below being active duty.

they're civil service employees, nowhere close to active duty military, they have job descriptions that detail what they can be required to do, and they are not subject to the UCMJ.

There is no "needs of the service" or "other duties as required".  If that doesn't suit your needs, don't ask for DAC slots or funding.  See how that works?

Man...people can not stand to see someone else get a perk that they arent entitled to. 

Can't say now but PHI continued pay while on annual training years ago.

If you are not working? You're already costing the company a boat load of money by not being there. We're already having to pay someone else vertime to cover your shifts. Besides, you're getting paid by the military. And being a military pilot doesn't make you special, you're not as good as you think you are. I can find plenty of civilian trained pilots who are just as good as military pilots. 

Have you thought about paintball, airsoft?

this punk's post proves it ain't about patriotism, it's about pay. 

Call of Duty doesn't count.

Is. I was just talking to a Coastie about Jody last Friday, and he didn't know who Jody was either. They don't know who is in your home, on your telephone, sleeping In your bed, where you lay your head.

I do not expect them to pay me.  You don't pay me when I am at drill or deployed....why should they?

and they did

military leave is just like that except you don't have to be sick, and you don't get to go to Disneyland.

Understand now?

It is negotiated as a perk of the job.

I have worked places that didn't pay for either.  

When they do offer them, they're offered to everyone, not just people with a side-gig for the government 

Offered regardless of whether you have a side gig for the government 

So you need to take off from work so you can work your second job (that's what it is), and you think you should get paid from your first job? In the meantime your employer will pay someone else 1.5 or 2 times their salary to hold your job. Grow up kid.