I think he was asked by upper management to "spend more time with his family." Specifically, I bet that since the Atlas/Polar merger is about done, one way or another, that there was no longer any use for the barracuda.
Ejet and Joe Tommy - The data doesn't bear out what you have been told or what you are saying. Personally - I have been here just over 9 years and can only find about 30 X days that I know the company has taken from me. the 36 months straight of 21 days is pure BS. From some previous work I did, I know the company plans on using about 300-350 X days a month. If every crewmember were working 21 days a month, that would equal 2600X days a month. There have been one or two times in the last decade that Xday usage has been over 1200 days a month - which would be just under two days per crewmember. So you can see why I say that the data doesn't bear our what either one of you are saying.