Yes, it indeed has changed.
DS verified it this past Dec. when he was on casual status.
They were all allowed to go in the hole. They were told the reason why was due to the fact that come next yr. you will fly until the 23rd and starting flying again on the 26th. They may have already had in their mind if sequestration occurred, that for his class after Oct 1st they would be playing catch up to get back on track.
Thus, don't even think of asking for it! This is for Laughlin.
Our DS's class is @ 1 yr behind Stealth's DS. His class is following suit, they will be getting a long weekend for 4th of July (5 days), and most students have already placed their plans in place. DS will be coming back to the east coast for the long weekend of Memorial Day and 4th of July, but that will be the last for the yr. and probably until he graduates next March.
Our DS did go in the hole. He had about 8 days, and came home for 12. He was on casual status until the 1st week of Feb.. He went to IFS for Feb., came home(LAFB) March 8th. Started UPT April 2nd.
His close friend went to Columbus in Aug., @ 8 weeks before him. She did not start IFS until 1 week before DS graduated from IFS. Her UPT class start date was one month behind his.
I am saying that so you understand they may have an early EAD, but it might be for a longer time on casual status.
In DS's class, Fencer's DS (AFA grad 12) was casual status also. For rated expect casual status at the very least. With sequestration, AFROTC grads may find out that they will not go AD until Oct 1st.
Think about it logically. They are cutting flight hrs, it would make sense that they are not going to pay them to be on casual status for 6-9 months prior to reporting to IFS or UPT.
Xposted with Stealth. It might be different for our DS because he started UPT in April, thus he would not be as far along as Stealth's DS.
Right now I am trying too just keep all of the dates he is spewing at me in order. I know somewhere in Sept. he will track.