Originally Posted by
Tango and Cash
I presume this is one of those "for emergency use only" type plans... but if a serious shooting war starts (i.e. the emergency), which would we run out of first, KC-46 pilots or KC-46s for them to fly?
Apparently the Air Force thinks it's KC-46 pilots...
It must be a proposed “solution” to not meeting manning requirements. Military aviators need better pay, job stability etc. It should be much easier than it seems to have been to recruit and train enough Air Force pilots. Perhaps the post-career opportunities with the airlines are not attractive enough. The cost of training alone should be a huge incentive. But reducing pilot force by using non-pilots is plain silly. Have the accountants taken over?