Originally Posted by awax

This problem is self correcting.

One of the reasons current military pilots are flying is because they're not fully funded. When you look at the hourly cost to fly JSF it's estimated to be triple (at least) the cost. That's just operations, not acquisition.

JSF pilots probably will spend all their time in the sim, and rarely touch the actual jet. If you're not flying the aircraft you're not building flight time = retention forever.

Problem solved.