Originally Posted by WhenPigsFLy
(Post 2343255)
Its already happening in the C130 guard/reserve world with IP's (All crew positions) being sent to A-stan for one year to teach the A-stan Air force.
Status: Coordinating manpower requirements for 179/365-day assignments with the ARC. Deployments: Review/validate all 179/365-day deployments and recommend AFCENT change ~ 10 billets from 365-to-179 deployments, and change 11 F to other rated AFSCs....Working to coordinate man-days to enable more Guard and Reserve volunteers for these deployments. -- New FTUs: Interim basing solution to stand-up two new F-16 Formal Training Units (FTUs) at Holloman AFB, NM. -- More AGR IPs at FTUs: Fund 66 additional AGR Instructoi· Pilot positions at FTUs Good thing they shut down the FTU at Springfield. ADAIR: POM18 input for contract adversary aircraft (ADAIR) for FTUs and operational Sqs 2ND Shift MX: Analyze increasing absorption with added second shift maintenance to seven NGB squadrons by changing TR maintenance positions to full-time billets Increase Active Associations: Increase absorption by increasing active association 11F cockpits |
Originally Posted by Allmach
(Post 2344138)
The retention problem is real but it doesn't appear that stop loss is on the menu. Im ANG but this made it to my inbox. I will try to upload the bullet background paper.
__________________________________________________ ________ ACC NAF and Wg/CCs, Recently there has been some open press coverage regarding "Stop Loss" of pilots. Let me be clear, CSAF and I are NOT looking at "Stop Loss" as an option to solve the 11F shortage. Stop Loss is a tool reserved for POTUS and the SECDEF to cover emergency situations. We are not in that situation and we would not recommend it as our best military advice. We ARE pursuing a number of initiatives associated with increasing 11F production, absorption, and retention to address our current and pending shortfalls. There is no silver bullet that will solve this. A long term solution will require a combination of all three approaches. We are members of the profession of arms. The attached BBP lays out the initiatives we ARE currently pursuing to address quality of service for our warfighters and encourage them to stay with us. I will continue to solicit additional initiatives from you, your subordinate commanders, and our warfighters. In the next few weeks, you'll see me act to improve the quality of service for our CAF squadron commanders and emphasize their role in our profession. Please share these points with your warfighters ASAP. Respectfully, Mike Holmes General, USAF Commander, Air Combat Command DSN: (312) 574-3204 COMM: (757) 764-3204 The 130 IPs to Afghanistan is a real deal for the guard. My unit can't get any aircraft commanders to upgrade to IP anymore. One of our navigator instructors quit rather than go. Most guys say I will fly anywhere with an American crew, but I'm not going to be the only American on a crew of Afgans. |
Word of caution about taking 11F's out of some staff jobs. When you do this, someone else is being put into the slot. This someone might not be as capable or knowledgeable as that 11F. You can drive this train or you can let it drive you. This is why you have so many menus to fly the Rpa's. No pilots wanted anything to do with it and look at what we got.
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Originally Posted by Klondike Bear
(Post 2348465)
The 130 IPs to Afghanistan is a real deal for the guard. My unit can't get any aircraft commanders to upgrade to IP anymore. |
Originally Posted by crewdawg
(Post 2348643)
Wow! I had never heard of this for guard guys. Are these guard guys being non-volled to these gigs?
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Originally Posted by crewdawg
(Post 2348643)
Wow! I had never heard of this for guard guys. Are these guard guys being non-volled to these gigs?
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Originally Posted by Klondike Bear
(Post 2348465)
I'm probably paranoid but when I read this as we are going to do a stop loss, but if we announce it right now a ton of guys will bail before we can make it official.
The 130 IPs to Afghanistan is a real deal for the guard. My unit can't get any aircraft commanders to upgrade to IP anymore. One of our navigator instructors quit rather than go. Most guys say I will fly anywhere with an American crew, but I'm not going to be the only American on a crew of Afgans. |
Originally Posted by Klondike Bear
(Post 2348794)
They are asking for volunteers and since there are not many takers they are non-vol guys. Lots of guys getting out when their name is called for this opportunity. Rumor is they are going to start including aircraft commanders.
Originally Posted by C130driver
(Post 2348823)
Can't blame them...
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Originally Posted by crewdawg
(Post 2343069)
A lot of the ARC guys are barely hanging on as it is now. If you start utilizing us more, you'll only drive more guys out. Before you start using the ARC more, they need to start cutting BS deployments. You have Guard fighter squadrons "deploying" to do NOTHING. Dudes are tired of being away from their families to NOT do what they've been trained to do. It's made worse by the fact that most of us take a giant pay cut to go on orders/deploy. I've seen a decent amount of dudes bail for heavies, UAVs, non-flying gigs, or just get out.
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