Originally Posted by
F-16GUY
Thats 50000 hours your own pilots are not flying. Stupid! While flying redair support as a training aid for your own squadron buddies does not give you the same good training as they get, its still time in the cockpit gaining experience and getting to know your aircraft. 50000 hours less experience your own pilots are not getting, and you even pay for them not to get it....
Absolutely on the money F16 Guy. They may counter that they have insufficient line pilots to cover the task, to which my reply would be use the budget to recruit more line pilots and expand your pilot pool.
The decision maker must have an MBA