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2023-12-11 -Land of the Free

Air Force offers up to $600K in bonuses to retain pilots

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-11 04:42|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 "Up to" - YMMV.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-11 06:44|| 2023-12-11 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I've taken a look at this and come to the conclusion that the USAF will be greatly disturbed when they see how refusable this offer is.

My Beloved Service has zero intention of fixing any of the problems that have gotten them to this point; they are just desperately hoping that they can bribe enough people to put up with it a little longer.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-12-11 09:20|| 2023-12-11 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ...and ignore that the Army has had warrant officer pilots for as long as I've been on the planet.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-11 10:22|| 2023-12-11 10:22|| Front Page Top

#4 It seems the Coast Guard is the only party school.

U.S. Coast Guard Accountability and Transparency Report

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-11 11:14|| 2023-12-11 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 ...and ignore that the Army has had warrant officer pilots for as long as I've been on the planet.
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-11 10:22

P2k,

During a particularly bad pilot retention crisis in the 80s, a commission suggested just that: bring back WOs (the USAF hasn't had them for decades, but the laws and regs still authorize them) for helicopters, transports, tankers, and instructors.

The response was almost violent, and comparable to what would have happened if you'd doused the Devil with Holy Water.

The sad part is and remains that had this been authorized, you'd have had people lined up around the block to apply for the program, and the pilot shortage would have disappeared almost immediately. But the USAF's leadership, I think, would rather lose a war than have non college-educated, non-commissioned officers in even one cockpit.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-12-11 14:42|| 2023-12-11 14:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Might as well stay if your flight surgeon is covering up your heart condition.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-11 15:34|| 2023-12-11 15:34|| Front Page Top

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