Originally Posted by
Joachim
That was my point, to come up with a system that draws on the experience pool in the airlines. Do you really need to send an Allegiant capt. through upt or could you simply do a 6mo transition course and put him in the reserves?
That's a painfully ironic example to use. We in-lieu-of-FEB'd a guy who couldn't fly his way out of a UPT trainer if his life depended on it. And that guy was a prior tanker guy mind you. That guy is an Allegiant CA.
The answer to your question is yes, they need the full monte and many are not cut out for military flying in the best of circumstances.
As has been highlighted, the military is short of experienced aviators willing to ride a desk. There's no shortage of line flying fodder, which is what 99% of mil pilots want to do. Of course the AF is not that worried, the NDAA for FY19 locked in the bonus at 35K again, which doesn't even account for inflation. So it's not that big of a problem apparently. No stop loss either, so what gives?