Originally Posted by
Sputnik
I'll try.
AF has announced a few plans for reductions
- Early retirement, with at least 15 years service you could retire, vs the normal 20
- Voluntary sep (VSP), waive a variety of service commitments and pay you severance to leave early if you volunteer
- RIF, non-voluntary sep, waive commitments and pay you less than if you vol'd. Occurs after first two programs run their course
About two weeks ago, AF approved a bunch of early retirements. Still no answers on the second.
Bottom line, at this point, there are now a few more people entering the job market (maybe 100s, not even close to thousands). If they approve VSP, that'd be more. How many? No idea.
Yep. Basically the whole process has been a mess from its inception for those on the inside trying to get out. For those on the outside looking in the original matrix was targeting about 400-500 pilots spread across various commission year groups and aircraft (mostly mobility, tanker, recon/surv/EW and bomber) that they considered overages. This is the first round. Programs are expected to continue over the next few years, but no telling what end state number they are targeting for pilots.