Originally Posted by
Lurking
Apparently the decision to not allow 11F guys to go to the academy to teach has had an affect that fewer and fewer USAFA grads are putting in for flying slots or even choosing fighters
As of a year ago there were plenty of fighter guys. At least relative to the overall number of pilots there. There was also no real trouble filling up the upt slots.
At that age you could tell them every awful horrible bad thing about flying and nothing good and they'll still sign up. I would have.
That said, a few kids that decided against flying would talk about the 10 year commitment. In my small sample size that was the only real negative that seemed to affect anyone.