I had a conversation with a friend a few weeks ago who was told that if he weren't forced to retire on 1 Jun 09 as a passed over major he could have stayed until 24 years if his retirement date was 8 Jun 09 or later. He inquired as to why and was told that the mandatory 20yr date was going to change. All things being equal at AFPC, this may not have been entirely true or has changed since then, but if it does happen, could create more pilots in undermanned airframes. We are rehiring retirees and trying to fill cockpits/UAVs now with less than adequate numbers so I could see it happening as a stop gap measure.