Originally Posted by
MooseAg03
I would not believe anything Big Blue says to these UPT grads about manned aircraft follow ons. Part of our current manning problem was created by the void of the last round of UPT direct RPA pilots leaving for their promised manned follow on aircraft. Big blue cannot afford to make the same mistake twice.
We are in emergency mode, nothing they are doing to try to entice RPA pilots to stay is working. They are all bailing at the first opportunity.
If I was one of these guys, I'd SIE before graduation and go fly on the outside. If the Air Force can't fix their problem in 10 years, I wouldn't let them do it on my back.
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I saw a student try to SIE after assignment night after getting a UAV. Not a pretty picture as you can imagine and a bunch of lawyers got involved. However, the kid wanted to fly and in his mind doing something else for 4 years in the AF so he could punch out and ho the civilian pilot route was more appealing than being stuck in UAVs for 10 years. I can see the arguement from both sides though, he did sign up to serve first, fly second. Total kick in the balls at assignment night to see a UAV pop up on the screen. Someone had a good suggestion, let the old retired pilots fly the UAVs as contractors, keep the youngins in the jets to grow.