Nothing motivates pilots to stay on top of the game better than perceived bad faith betrayal by their govt, and 3 years of involuntary servitude
This will cause a shortage of airline pilots and less flights and less travel by the public.............
Exactly what I was thinking.
No kidding. What the Army brass appears to be doing is affecting a Stop-Loss without Congressional approval. (Stop-Loss is where individuals with certain specialties are kept on Active Duty past their service commitment date).
Since this is Army, they're most likely helicopter pilots and their last day flying for the Army is likely their last day flying a helicopter. (There are far more helicopter flying jobs in the Army than there are civilian helicopter flying jobs). Why pass a flight physical and prevent yourself from leaving?
An Active Duty Service Committment (ADSC) or Active Duty Service Obligation (ADSO) can be fulfilled in any branch of the military as well as federal employment. I know several who changed branches of service when the one they were in tried to lock them in place. These pilots have a way out if they want to get creative.
The Army brass is playing a risky game. I witnessed large shortfalls in Stop-Loss specialties. New recruits refused to go into them and a large surge of those in that specialty left as soon as the Stop-Loss was lifted. It took years of bonuses to level some specialties out. Others specialties never did level out and the Active Duty instead had to rely on National Guard and Reservists to backfill shortfalls.
The trust is gone.
It’s like they don’t remember the 1970s military and don’t think that Carter era can return.