The USAF is currently experiencing a serious pilot retention problem that is not merely a short-term cyclical phenomenon. Retention numbers are low and forecast to remain that way into the next decade. This study will discuss fighter pilot retention in the Tactical Air Forces (TAF) and suggest a perspective from the squadron level. This study will review the history of pilot retention, describe the causes of the attrition, discuss programs that respond to those causes, and show the unit level perspective. The study concludes that fighter pilots are leaving the Air Force for reasons that go beyond the financial draw of the airlines and that the solution to the problem is in the fighter squadron itself.


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    Title :

    Fighter Pilot Retention and the Squadron Perspective


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    28 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English