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The Air Force is throwing money at pilots to stay. Fewer and fewer are interested.
« on: November 20, 2017, 10:08:42 am »
The Air Force is throwing money at pilots to stay. Fewer and fewer are interested.
By: Stephen Losey   18 hours ago
 

Despite offering fat retention bonuses to entice pilots to stay in the Air Force, the percentage of eligible pilots accepting them is plummeting.

The Air Force said it typically hopes about 65 percent of eligible pilots will accept the retention bonuses. But in fiscal 2015, only 55 percent took the bonuses and signed up for longer stints.

And the so-called “take rate” has plunged even further since then, to 48 percent in fiscal 2016, and 44 percent in fiscal 2017, according to figures released by the Air Force. In all, 476 pilots accepted retention bonuses last year.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2017/11/19/the-air-force-is-throwing-money-at-pilots-to-stay-fewer-and-fewer-are-interested/
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Re: The Air Force is throwing money at pilots to stay. Fewer and fewer are interested.
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2017, 05:27:03 pm »
Every eligible Captain (0-3) was "selected" for promotion to Major (0-4) this last go around.
But in reality, the culture and atmosphere within the USAF is toxic and caustic...no amount of money is worth putting up with the BS politically correct idiocy that has taken over.

Deployment rotations are killing 'em.  Then there's the SJW aspect of it all...Green Dot, SAPR, correspondence courses, "whole person" concept required for promotion, etc., etc.
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Re: The Air Force is throwing money at pilots to stay. Fewer and fewer are interested.
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2017, 05:54:22 pm »
Quote from: SZonian on November 20, 2017, 05:27:03 pm
Every eligible Captain (0-3) was "selected" for promotion to Major (0-4) this last go around.
But in reality, the culture and atmosphere within the USAF is toxic and caustic...no amount of money is worth putting up with the BS politically correct idiocy that has taken over.

Deployment rotations are killing 'em.  Then there's the SJW aspect of it all...Green Dot, SAPR, correspondence courses, "whole person" concept required for promotion, etc., etc.

Exactly according to the plan of the previous administration!  We will be dealing with the effects for years to come!
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Re: The Air Force is throwing money at pilots to stay. Fewer and fewer are interested.
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2017, 05:57:05 pm »
The 55% that are staying probably have a lot of the lower tier ones as well.   folks you might not really want to stay
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