Can the Airlines and Air Force Collaborate for Mutual Benefit?

[Bear]

some light reading at summary http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1412.html or detailed report. http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1400/RR1412/RAND_RR1412.pdf

 

[Cloud Surfer]

I wish that there were a WOFT option for USAF. One that raises the age limit as well.

 

[Nark]

Meh.
I wrote up a long diatribe but I just don't care enough.

I'm not in the Air Force, and for that I'm glad.

 

[CatchyScreenName]

the Air Force's problems are entirely self created

there, I could have done the study for half the cost... see what I'm saying....

 

[ian]

no. The AF is not the brightest when it comes to any sort of retention.........ask me how i know.

 

[jynxyjoe]

no. The AF is not the brightest when it comes to any sort of retention.........ask me how i know.

How do you know?

 

[ian]

How do you know?

I'm glad you asked. Back in 2014 the Air Force said we are overmanned in the pilot career field so they offered all these severance packages and waive all commitments for us to leave. A bunch of us take the severance and go to the airlines. 6 months later the Air Force claims it has a pilot shortage....right after they said they had too many and let us leave.

The air force chews off it's own foot. They do all these surveys about retention and ignore the results because it's not what they want to hear. It's about QUALITY OF LIFE, not money. Everyone says it in the survey, yet the air force things throwing more money at the problem will make it go away.

 

[jynxyjoe]

I'm glad you asked.

You're such a ham

 

[Screaming_Emu]

I'm glad you asked. Back in 2014 the Air Force said we are overmanned in the pilot career field so they offered all these severance packages and waive all commitments for us to leave. A bunch of us take the severance and go to the airlines. 6 months later the Air Force claims it has a pilot shortage....right after they said they had too many and let us leave.

The air force chews off it's own foot. They do all these surveys about retention and ignore the results because it's not what they want to hear. It's about QUALITY OF LIFE, not money. Everyone says it in the survey, yet the air force things throwing more money at the problem will make it go away.

Yup. My class at Air Beachball in 2015 had quite a few of those guys who took the early out.