There are some blue koolaid drunk senior leaders *cough cough* my old commander that scoff at the guard/reserves. They think less of them. They don't realize that at the end of the day, we on active duty and the guard/reserves provide the same product to national defense. Heck, some even do it full time!

My solution for this pilot crisis? Increase utilization of the guard/reserves. Boost up AGR slots, etc. As rapidly as I want to bail active duty myself along with many of my peers will happily continue serving in the guard/reserves while starting our careers at airlines....2 cents