I’d like to see everyone in a bag kick it to the curb. If no pilot does it then the problem is fixed.
I know it’s almost impossible with all the knee pad wearing careerists out there but maybe the few remaining bros can fight for the right.....
The Draft would accomplish this.... Problem solved with retention too right??
A conversation about diversity would be great when the organization itself isn’t coming apart at the seams.... Priorities.
3-4 years is exactly where big blue wants the timeline to “fix” everything.
Everybody that was around when the problem first showed up will have PCS/Separted/Retired and it’ll be “normal” ops for the fresh blood.
This is good.
But the damage has been done. It’s too little, too late. Again.
Every bro that got that robot email will remember this “opportunity” when it’s time to stay or go for years to come...
I think the status is going to make the choice between a pilot who hasn’t stayed on the 45 day/5 year cycle and is past their ADSC vs. Nav that has but took the bonus a clean kill for AFPC.
It doesn’t suck for them at all!
Competition?! There is no competition. Everyone that doesn’t get airsick gets a trophy... Wings.
Reference: “We must grow out of the pilot crisis”
With the majority of experienced/combat instructor pilots already gone, the training has become a mere shell of what it once was.
Where is the bottom?