Originally Posted by
ehwatezedoing
... CAF/RCAF did substantially raise their CF-18's pilot salary some years ago as incentive to stay.
So yes, a government can do it.
Apparently, it didn't achieve the desired result according to the article I posted; pilots are still leaving faster than their replacements can be trained.
The USAF is facing a very similar (if not identical) situation. And they've thrown retention bonus after retention bonus at their pilot group without desired results. Now they're allegedly "improving" the lifestyle situation in hopes of convincing people to stay. Time will tell.
There's only so much the military can do because ultimately the needs of the service supersede the wishes of the individual.
We'll see...