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Air Force Looks At Sharing Pilots With Airlines
The Air Force is considering allowing its dwindling pilot population to moonlight as airline pilots as a way of keeping them available for active duty. Senior brass are reportedly giving pilots more latitude in shaping their own careers with active duty flying as part of the mix. (www.avweb.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Yep, it's called the Air Guard and AF Reserve
Nope, that's not what this article is about.
Yes it is, what with high OPTEMPO, folks are fleeing. Cant keep them if they are overworked and don't have programs to keep them flying.
One minor malfunction to that concept, is OPTEMPO. A USAF 05 Cardiologist informed me that he had to get out, his wife would divorce him if he went to Afghanistan for a 7th mission.
Poorly written article...
My God, who in the Air Force is that uninformed to not know that a huge percentage of Air Force missions are carried out by pilots who fly for the airlines AND the Reserves and Air National Guard.
I was doing that in the sixties...which included a year in Vietnam. People were doing that for years before me and have been doing it ever since.
Now, if the writer is saying that active duty pilots will be allowed to fly for the airlines simultaneously, or otherwise, then the host of issues that would pop up out of that arrangement would probably be unworkable...
The answer to USAF and other military pilot retention is two-fold. Pay your pilots more and fly them more. If a guy is qualified to be a "fighter pilot" let him stay in the cockpit. Don't put him behind a desk, or worse yet, assign him to fly a freakin' drone.
Another answer is quit getting in wars in the Middle East or anywhere else that last decades. I know Guard pilots who have been to the ME a dozen tours or more...
When Trump is in office, a lot of this is going to change for the betterment of the fighting forces in this country.
That is all...
My God, who in the Air Force is that uninformed to not know that a huge percentage of Air Force missions are carried out by pilots who fly for the airlines AND the Reserves and Air National Guard.
I was doing that in the sixties...which included a year in Vietnam. People were doing that for years before me and have been doing it ever since.
Now, if the writer is saying that active duty pilots will be allowed to fly for the airlines simultaneously, or otherwise, then the host of issues that would pop up out of that arrangement would probably be unworkable...
The answer to USAF and other military pilot retention is two-fold. Pay your pilots more and fly them more. If a guy is qualified to be a "fighter pilot" let him stay in the cockpit. Don't put him behind a desk, or worse yet, assign him to fly a freakin' drone.
Another answer is quit getting in wars in the Middle East or anywhere else that last decades. I know Guard pilots who have been to the ME a dozen tours or more...
When Trump is in office, a lot of this is going to change for the betterment of the fighting forces in this country.
That is all...
Right. Rather than reading and understanding the article, just say what you think, whether it is relevant or not. Just ignore the fact that the article is specifically about active duty pilots that can't just be replaced by weekend warriors at a whim. After all, you know way more than the people who organize the Air Force for a living. Then say something dumb about Trump at the end, because he has a real plan. It's just a secret. But it's great because he's smarter than everyone else.
Poorly written comment.
Poorly written comment.