Originally Posted by
Trafalgar
The fact that the US Govt had to approve this legislation does however confirm the sentiment of MM's post: the military is having trouble crewing their aircraft...
A true statement...let there be no doubt ! So far, most of the squawking is coming from the USAF side of things. In all the articles re the USAF's retention problem, the airlines are remarkably silent.
The military continues to train new pilots by the way but every pipeline has its limits.
The airlines don't give a rat's about the military's staffing problems...and vice versa, by the way. The airlines want
EVERY military pilot (now to include rotor wing)...and will get 'em. This is DL's latest public announcement:
"Announcing a change to our minimum pilot requirements!
Effective immediately, Delta will allow pilots of aircraft in the Powered Lift category (e.g. the V22 Osprey, AV8B Harrier, and F35B) to count 90% of your Powered Lift flight time toward our requirement of 1,000 hours fixed wing turbine time.
We do still require that all applicants meet all flight time requirements to hold an AMEL ATP.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to send them to us via the Send Message button on our Facebook page!"
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?i...content_filter
That's why it's amusing to see these two sides "talking" about the matter: chickens talking to the foxes about who gets in the hen house.