At least 190 pilots left the Army years early due to admin error
By Davis Winkie
May 4, 02:18 PM
Amid an uproar over aviation officer service obligations, Army personnel officials admitted Thursday afternoon that in recent years, at least 190 active duty pilots voluntarily resigned years ahead of schedule due to an error in how Human Resources Command tracked and applied their commitments.
The discovery came during an ongoing audit that the command expects will continue “over the next 30-60 days,” Army personnel directorate spokesperson Maj. Andrea Kelly told Army Times in a statement.
The confusion is over how overlapping contractual and statutory service obligations apply differently to pilots than they do to other officers. Kelly requested “more time to review and provide [a] response” when asked whether the audit’s in-progress findings indicate a systemic failure.
Last week, Army Times reported that the command realized around 600 pilots — each a commissioned officer in the aviation branch’s 2015 to 2020 year groups — had service obligations up to three years longer than previously communicated. An officer’s year group generally refers to the fiscal year that they entered active duty.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/05/04/at-least-190-pilots-left-the-army-years-early-due-to-admin-error/
