For RC ACMs, commander-approved absences for civilian employment, training, or educational purposes when the ACM is physically unable to participate in unit or facility flying activities are treated as?

• A. Extensions to progression
• B. Excluded from progression days
• C. Weather cancellations
• D. Deduction from flight hours

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that when an ACM has a commander-approved absence for civilian employment, training, or education and cannot participate in unit or facility flying, those days don’t count toward progression. They’re treated as excluded from progression days, meaning they don’t move you forward or hold you back on the progression timeline. This keeps the progression timeline fair for those balancing civilian duties and military duties. It’s not an extension to progression, not a weather cancellation, and not a deduction from flight hours—the days simply aren’t counted in the progression record.