Dude ill say this. Last year around 4th of juy we had A LOT of time off. The squadron was running out of money (VT6) and was way ahead of production, i think monday(3rd) and tuesday (4th) were off, safety standown on thursday (29th) (or even wed prior icant remember) and friday was a "muster" at a squadron party on the beach. And no weekend ops. VT6 was cool about taking leave then too, my roomate took like 6 days. hope this helps