| Albief15 |
04-06-2014 08:02 AM |
[QUOTE=SteveA;1617793 I can certainly understand why my peers are jumping at the chance to retire early. I've been in the ANG for almost 9 years now.[/QUOTE]
Most of you guys were not eligible to get out--or even serving--the last time the legacies were all hiring 50-100 a month. I was. And it was a wild, wild time. I was invited as a rep from my squadron to talk to the USAFE CC Meyers (later CSAF) along with a capt from each flying squadron in USAFE to try to offer ideas to improve retention.
The stock market bubble and 9/11 solved the AF issues. And they haven't faced a hiring monster like this one in over a decade. Right now, UAL and DAL are a bit clogged with returning fuloughees, LOA guys, etc. That should clear up by this fall. When it does, I suspect the legacies will be hiring 100-200 a month. The Nationals will be hiring to fill some of those vacancies. There will be a giant, sucking sound and AFMPC and the Navy detailers at Millington will have some competition like they haven't had in years.
So why bail NOW, before the main wave? What tools do you think the military will come up with to make their manning targets? Even a six month or one year involuntary extension of your commitment--(don't think they'll call it "STOP LOSS", but some new cute name…) will seriously impact a family's plan. Look at the havoc and angst the canceled early retirement approvals are causing. Guys and gals are not wanting to be owned and controlled any longer.
The regionals are hiring. When I was ready to get out, I would have flown RJs and slung burgers vice doing a staff tour or a remote tour to Korea in a jeep. I'd rather work for Skywest--or even Trans States--than go teach Iraqi students to fly 208s in Tirkrit. Most guys will gladly put their lives at risk to go kill our enemies and blow up stuff. On the other hand, I don't think I signed up to teach Muslims to do traffic pattern stalls while there neighbors try to blow me up on the way to and from the base every day.
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