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| 1,000 retired US military pilots may be recalled |
| 2017-10-22 |
| [PRESSTV] The United States Air Force may recall as many as 1,000 retired military pilots to tackle an "acute shortage" in its ranks amid a national pilot crisis. The measure amounts to an expansion of a state of national emergency declared by former President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. It is meant "to mitigate the Air Force's acute shortage of pilots," said Pentagon front man Navy Commander Gary Ross in a statement on Saturday. "We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Ross said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Funny how the Army, with more aircraft and requiring 2 pilots per craft, doesn't have a pilot shortage. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Omeasing1539 2017-10-22 15:32 |
| #6 Everything 0bama did was shit. The morale in the Airforce is bottomed out. No one wants to work in an overly politicized environment. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-22 13:16 |
| #5 The idea is insane at a casual glance. And all these Obama era rules and regulations re "tolerance" are sane? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-22 12:21 |
| #4 If they are looking for more Drone Drivers then train NCO (quote) Drone Pilots (un-quote) and tell the Ring Knockers in Air Force Blue to pound sand. If they want to force someone to fly a multi-million dollar jet.... The idea is insane at a casual glance. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-10-22 11:50 |
| #3 The Navy may have to call back watch qualified personnel before they do anything big. (joke) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-10-22 10:12 |
| #2 Military Times: AF secretary: 18,700 more airmen cuts before it's over. May 29, 2014 "We're going to be a smaller Air Force, we project over the next five years, and we have a plan on what's going to happen when," James said. "It's heavily in FY15, a little bit in FY16. That was a conscious choice. We're going to do it as quickly as possible and get it behind us." James, who was previously an executive at SAIC, said that her experience conducting downsizings in the private sector has convinced her it is best to get them over with quickly. I believe there was also a large pilot reduction in force in the 2008 time frame. More Soetoro administration dividends. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-22 05:19 |
| #1 Gonna need 'em to beat the snot out of the Norks. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-22 02:13 |