I am a retired Air Force pilot, however, to requal me would take many months. More likely, the recall would be to place pilots into rated staff positions, in order to place active pilots back into cockpit positions. But to recall retired pilots back to active duty would be an incredible step. Short of war, I used to think it would be politically untenable. But no longer.<>
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They could allow NCO’s to certify...
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IIRC most Army pilots are warrant officers.
both my AF pilot cousins retired/resigned during unbelievable Obama years sincethey were such a downer for them. pity for the nation.
Sounds like a salary shortage problem. Double the pay and they’ll have a surplus in short order.
Part of the problem is reflected by having an Air Force Secretary named “Heather”. I actively discourage my sons from having anything to do with the feminized, sodomized military. The Obama/McCain/Bush legacy
Part of the problem is reflected by having an Air Force Secretary named “Heather”. I actively discourage my sons from having anything to do with the feminized, sodomized military. The Obama/McCain/Bush legacy
It’s my contention that the military chased away real men with bad public school, all the military’s social engineering and leftism. They took the honor and the constitution out of service.
Where are the Romney boys? Where are the Sununu boys? Where are the Trump boys? Support the troops; join them.
Trump executive order lets Air Force recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for active duty
The military has to be an environment that attracts, not repels.
8 years of Odungo
I am a retired Air Force pilot, however, to requal me would take many months. More likely, the recall would be to place pilots into rated staff positions, in order to place active pilots back into cockpit positions. But to recall retired pilots back to active duty would be an incredible step. Short of war, I used to think it would be politically untenable. But no longer.<>
In my opinion, this shortage is, without any doubts, by design thanks to the douche bag, Zero, and his bottom-feeding cohorts. There should be no doubt after he allowed 20% of our uranium to go to our enemies. Can we say treason?
Then, there’s pond scum like McLame.
From the inside.
This problem has been building since 2008 that I know about. About that time HQ USAF issued a directive that was supposed to identify units that were over extended. It covered the number of days spent TDY fighting the Global War on Terrorism, the number of TDYs per year, the number of days between those tours, and the number of days spent preparing to go TDY. The directive included maximum number of days for each item of interest and NEVER EXCEED numbers.
When it first came out AF Special Operation Command’s squadrons were all about every maximum number of days. Two squadrons were operating above the NEVER EXCEED numbers.
About 18 months later we were ordered to repeat the study. The numbers were worse. Plus the “mainstream’ AF numbers had also slightly increased.
What was done with this early warning? NOTHING! The operational tempo continued to increase and no new then operational aircraft (A-10s, AC-130Us, etc) were built or crews trained.
Now the crises can no longer be viewed as a “management challenge”. But the Air Staff people still got promoted, “death by PowerPoint” continued, and money spent developing aircraft that weren’t needed.
BTW these problems have existed since 1965 when the DOD fought and lost a war for the same reason.
Pay them more...give them more flying time...give them more stable postings...but get qualified bodies behind the wheel.
Inevitable fallout from allowing perverts to take over the military. You lose your good personnel. Who wants to fly if your ground crew are too busy buggering each other to maintain the plane?
We have discussed on many occasions that what we need again is the military draft. We have no method for shared obligations and responsibilities to defend America anymore.
Bring back the mandatory draft, say for two years of training and service, and you will get many young people who will decide to stay in the service and beef up our military ranks again.
Give special incentives for those who qualify to go into flight training to expand the pilot pool. It's not going to make up for the shortfall anytime soon, but it is a place to start to turn this pilot shortage trend around.
This draft would solve a lot of our country's problems with the undisciplined and immature snowflakes colleges are pumping out.
Everybody serves for two years. Men, women, whatevers. When the get out, they will be better prepared for their careers and lives in general. If they decided to stay in, we will be better able to defend our country when the times comes.
If colleges are teaching these cupcakes nowadays to hate America, these youth will not be there to defend her when the times demand it.