Originally Posted by
Biggus
after kicking out large numbers of baby pilots still in the training system (who hadn't actually failed anything), who would just have started to become productive
The baby pilots were selected for the axe early 2011. If only they would've been productive by now...they wouldn't. Many have gone on to hold for long periods for a multitude of reasons. Some may spend 10 years in the flying training system before they pop out of an OCU.