Old 03-19-2012 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BunkerF16
Have you or anyone else heard of the possibility of them running another limited recall program after this one expires for targeted AFSCs/specialties that the AF is critically manned in?
No, in fact, they've ruled out the possibility for FY 12 for sure. FY 13 not likely, and beyond that, who can say.

The personelists that understand the issues that affect rated have to deal with the larger AF issues of being over end strength. As I've said before, it's very difficult for them to convince the corporate structure of the need to recall a bunch of non-promotable, non-PCS-able, retirement-eligible individuals when they're simultaneously kicking out upwardly mobile young guys.

In addition, the ARC felt like they got shafted by the last recall. It apparently wasn't fully coordinated with them beforehand. They lost a bunch of guys back to AD, many of whom will hit 20 yrs of AD time during their recall tour. They'll never go back to the ARC, which wasn't accounted for in the ARC's manning projections. It's likely that the ARC will push back on another round of recalls unless the AD side addresses their concerns better.

Of course, this is all likely to change by 2014 if the airlines really start hiring and the 10-yr pilot training ADSC guys all bail.
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