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RCAF can't train its own in a timely manner. I am beginning to think that running pilot training is too complex an undertaking for pilots to manage...
dapaterson said:RCAF can't train its own in a timely manner. I am beginning to think that running pilot training is too complex an undertaking for pilots to manage...
dapaterson said:Pilots are too expensive to train to employ significantly outside the cockpit. So, employ them as instructors. But to run the training system, you'd probably be best suited to have the majority of the staff as civilians: less expensive to employ, generally, longer tenures in positions and thus can take the long view.
Planning and coordinating training is not a task worth employing pilots on. And given the shortages of TES vs TEE, and oversize BTL currently in place for Pilot, it's clear that lettinginmates run the asylumpilots run the training system hasn't worked.
dapaterson said:Pilots are too expensive to train to employ significantly outside the cockpit. So, employ them as instructors. But to run the training system, you'd probably be best suited to have the majority of the staff as civilians: less expensive to employ, generally, longer tenures in positions and thus can take the long view.
Planning and coordinating training is not a task worth employing pilots on. And given the shortages of TES vs TEE, and oversize BTL currently in place for Pilot, it's clear that lettinginmates run the asylumpilots run the training system hasn't worked.
Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to address serious shortage
President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced.
By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump's order removes those caps by expanding a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush after 9/11, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the 16-year-old global war on terror.
"We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement.
But the executive order itself is not specific to the Air Force, and could conceivably be used in the future to call up more officers and in other branches.
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The Air Force needs about 1,500 pilots more than it has. Bonus programs and other incentives have not made up the shortfall.
The Air Force has been at the forefront of the Pentagon's battle against the Islamic State, flying most of the combat sorties in Iraq and Syria since 2014...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/
I googled the termRifleman62 said:T6 may miss the meaning. Hellyer Cpl's???
President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced.
Air Force: No plans to recall retired pilots to fix shortage
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2017/10/22/air-force-no-plans-to-recall-retired-pilots-to-fix-shortage/
MarkOttawa said:Meanwhile:
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SupersonicMax said:You'd need a lot to neutralize the threat to Seoul (long range arty) and the ICMB threat. Far more than you have 5th Gen (which you'd need) North Korea is probably the hardest nut to crack in terms of military strategy.
Not to mention the antiquated relic of the cold war: the A10tomahawk6 said:Helicopter gunships and C-130 gunships may be more effective against targets dug into the side of a hill or mountain.