Download or read book Three Recommendations for Improving Air Force Pilot Retention written by Tobias Switzer and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein publicly called the service's pilot shortage a crisis in 2016 when the Air Force had a deficit of 1,500 pilots. Today, the gap is 2,100 pilots. The global pandemic and subsequent impacts on the airline industry will result in more pilots remaining in the service, for now. However, in the next few years, over 20,000 airline pilots will reach the mandatory age limit of 65 and will have to be replaced. The Air Force has a short window of opportunity to make longer military service more attractive to its pilots. Retention is critical because of the massive investment of resources to train a combat-ready pilot and because the Air Force needs its experienced pilots to take on advanced leadership and management roles. This report proposes three ways the Air Force and Congress can increase pilots' career satisfaction and gain longer service commitments without additional outlays. These recommendations increase a pilot's agency inside the Air Force while giving the service more stability and predictability in its pilot manning.

Download or read book Three Non monetary Recommendations for Improving Air Force Pilot Retention written by Tobias Switzer and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beginning in 2012, early departures of active duty Air Force pilots accelerated to red-line levels causing a massive shortage today. Upon completion of their service commitments, 4,255 pilots separated in the 2012-2019 period compared to 2,529 in 2004-2011. A normal stream of departures quickly became a cascade as too many pilots eschewed full military careers and part-time opportunities to serve in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves as well. Former Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein publicly called the pilot manning situation a “crisis” in 2016 when the Air Force believed it was short 1,500 pilots. Since then, Air Force senior leaders, including three Secretaries of the Air Force, have regularly testified in Congress about the pilot shortage and the potential adverse effects on national security, if left unchecked. Requiring roughly 20,000 pilots between active, guard, and reserve components, the Air Force is straining to meet its defense obligations. The departures over the last decade resulted in a current shortage of 2,100 pilots, 1,300 of whom fly fighters."--Introduction.

Download or read book Increasing Fighter Pilot Retention with Improved Basing Decisions written by Russell H. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air Force currently faces a substantial pilot shortage. Two decades of elevated operational tempos, tight budgets, and robust airline hiring have motivated pilots to leave active duty service in record numbers, eroding the Service's stock of experienced aviators. The global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have temporarily subdued commercial airlines' demand for military trained pilots, but these conditions won't last forever, and soon the Air Force will once again need to retain experienced aircrew when the airlines are hiring. This dissertation leverages a value-added model to identify changes to Air Force basing policy that could improve fighter pilot retention outcomes. Using a value-added model to analyze twenty years of fighter pilot retention data highlights significant variation in retention outcomes at installations across the USAF's basing posture. Comparing retention outcomes to the communities surrounding military installations can demonstrate pilots' revealed installation preferences. Investigating recent retention trends at prospective F-35 bases yields insights into the potential retention consequences of future basing decisions. This dissertation recommends that the Air Force continue to gather as much data as possible about pilots' personal and professional preferences, so that individuals can be matched with tailored, retention improving assignments. Next, the Air Force should use these preferences to more fully understand pilots' revealed assignment and installation preferences. Lastly, these preferences should be incorporated into the Air Force's Strategic Basing Process to move the Service towards a basing posture that passively supports pilot retention with every basing decision.

Download or read book Flattening the Curve written by Troy Wing and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study analyzes how the United States economy's cyclic nature relates to airline hiring trends and, therefore, pilot shortages in the United States Air Force. By understanding the economy's significance concerning the pilot retention cycle, the Air Force can more accurately forecast when increased retention efforts are necessary and can proactively implement incentive tools. This paper first discusses the Air Force pilot shortage history and establishes a relationship between the United States economy, airline pilot hiring, and Air Force pilot retention. It then discusses the Air Force's historical and current retention mechanisms and concludes with recommendations the Air Force should take to reduce the pilot deficit."--Abstract.

Download or read book Air Force Pilot Retention 1988 written by Robert B Fisk (III.) and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilot retention is a serious problem for the United States Air Force. Pilots are separating faster than replacements can be trained. The purpose of this pilot retention research project is threefold: 1) gather retention information from three Air University schools (SOS, ACSC, AWC); 2) develop conclusions as a result of the survey findings; and 3) make recommendations on possible solutions to the Air Force pilot retention problem. Analyzing the survey results, the authors found many perceptual differences between the three schools. This perceptual problem is the basis for this project. Since the authors represent the top 20 percent of all Air Force majors and come from completely different backgrounds, their misconceived ideas could be representative of other Air Force officers in similar positions. To check these gut feelings, the authors administered a survey to pilots in SOS class 87-E, to the 88 ACSC class, and to the 1988 AWC class. This sample size represents the future leaders of the Air Force at three different points in a career. The SOS students represent primarily the 5 to 11 year group, the ACSC students represent the mid-level career officer, and the AWC students represent the immediate future leaders of the Air Force with many proceeding directly into influential leadership positions after graduation in May. Keywords: Personnel retention; Theses; Personnel management; Recruitment.

Download or read book Air Force Pilot Retention written by Stephen P. Barrows and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Methodology for Forecasting Voluntary Retention Rates for Air Force Pilots written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to develop a model that more accurately forecasts voluntary retention rates in the short term for Air Force pilots. Specifically, the model consists of appropriate and available predictors used to compute one year ahead forecasts of voluntary retention rates for Air Force pilots with seven through eleven years of service. The types of predictors collected for study were indicators of the strength of the economy, indicators of the growth of the airline industry, and indicators of the relative wage difference between the military and the civilian labor force. Classical regression analysis was used to predict the pilot retention rates on the basis of the predictor variables studied. A logarithmic transform of the dependent variable was used to stabilize the variance of the the error terms. The criteria established for selecting the best model were model performance, prediction potential, and explanatory significance. The best model included the following independent variables: indicator variables for the year of service groups, a variable for the annual number of new airline pilot hires, the unemployment rate lagged one year, and a pay compensation measure lagged one year. Thus, estimates were required only for the airline hires predictor in order to forecast pilot retention rates. Validation tests were performed on the best model for years 1986 and 1987. In each test, the 90 percent prediction intervals covered the actual pilot retention rate for each year of service group. Among the recommendations provided to improve the accuracy of the pilot retention rate forecasts was to improve the accuracy of the airline hire forecasts and to find other significant, leading indicators of pilot retention.

Download or read book Relationship of Airline Pilot Demand and Air Force Pilot Retention written by John H. Kafer and published by . This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The airline industry has traditionally relied heavily on the pool of pilots leaving the military for its supply of jet aircraft pilots. Over the last several years, the military has drastically downsized its forces while the airline industry continues to grow. The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding between the relationship between airline hiring and Air Force pilot retention. Using past airline hiring characteristics, military and civilian pilot trends, and forecast airline growth, the impact of airline requirements on Air Force retention is discussed. Additionally, the new military force structure includes increased reliance on the Air Reserve Component. A brief analysis of reduced pilot production and retention on the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard is included. Recommendations admit that, while a single, fix-it solution to pilot retention does not exist, there are many things personnel planners should consider. First and foremost, is the need to understand that pilot retention is a result of supply and demand. Other considerations include the need for a long term focus, replacing the pilot bonus with increased pilot flight pay, increasing pilot production and continued emphasis on quality of life initiatives.

Download or read book Pilot Retention A Gray Issue The Impact of Airline Hiring of Retirement Eligible Pilots on Air Force Leadership written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last three years the major airlines have relaxed their rigid standards for employment to include age, vision, height, weight, education, and flying experience. As a result, literally every Air Force pilot currently qualifies for employment, and the major airlines are aggressively recruiting the Air Force's most experienced pilots. The study determines an increasing number of retirement eligible pilots are leaving the Air Force, some even turning down promotion to colonel, to pursue a career in the civilian airline industry. The study concludes that this trend will have a negative impact on the number of quality pilots who remain on active duty beyond the 20-year point to fill critical command and staff duties. Retention of the Air Force's most experienced pilot corps is a critical personnel issue.

Download or read book The Aviation Career Improvement Act and Its Impact on Retention written by Michael J. Mestemaker and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 29, 1989, the Aviation Career Improvement Act (ACIA) became binding on the military services as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The ACIA was intended by both the Congress and the military services as a measure to improve pilot retention and was primarily directed at military compensation by increasing flight pay and continuing the pilot bonus. However, it also affected career management issues that included changing the flying gates and the active duty service commitment for flight training. This paper initially reviews the retention situation in the Air Force and the specific provisions of the ACIA. Next, the impact these provisions will have on the Air Force is examined to include several provisions that could have a very positive affect on retention. The pilot bonus and the new flying gates are examined in detail because of the difficulties that can be expected when they are implemented. The overall success of the ACIA is examined one year after implementation by looking at the latest retention rates as compared to previous years. This leads to the conclusion that ACIA has had little or no positive impact on pilot retention since the new rates are lower than the previous year. The author next makes several recommendation that need to be considered if pilot retention is to improve.

Download or read book Charting a New Path written by Robert W. Pneuman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this research is to develop baseline research that proposes a Warrant Officer type program that provides the USAF with greater flexibility in better posturing the fighter pilot force for success in the future. This paper asks the question: how can the USAF utilize warrant officers to improve retention and better develop its fighter pilot force? It employs a problem/solution methodology to accomplish this by investigating the factors contributing to the current United States Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot retention problem. Its key findings include documentation that fighter pilots are being drawn from Active Duty in significant numbers because of their increasingly competitive edge in the airline industry. Current USAF monetary retention programs have become ineffective in retaining the required number of fighter pilots within the force. Additionally, fighter pilots have become increasingly frustrated with the demands of the USAF promotion system requirements while attempting to balance their ability to maintain tactical flying skills. Its key recommendation includes the immediate implementation of a permanent USAF Flight Officer (FO) program to solve the current fighter pilot exodus. This program would provide an alternative career path or choice to fighter pilots at the midpoint of a potential twenty-year career. It would for the first time allow fighter pilots to choose a technical only flying career path lacking the traditional officer progression opportunities, or continue on the current officer career progression model."--Abstract.

Download or read book Predicting Active Duty Air Force Pilot Attrition Given an Anticipated Increase in Major Airline Pilot Hiring written by Nolan J. Sweeney and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Air Force has traditionally been a significant source of pilots for the major airline industries. For much of the 2000s, two wars and a sputtering economy aided in managing the attrition of Air Force pilots. But now, amid myriad converging factors, there is a large projected increase in major airline pilot hiring that resembles the late 1990s surge, in which the Air Force endured its largest loss of pilots since the post-Vietnam War pilot exodus. Using logistic regression analysis and focusing on active duty Air Force pilots in the first three years following completion of their initial active duty service commitment (ADSC), this dissertation predicts future pilot attrition given the estimated increase in major airline hiring and recommends several policies that the Air Force can implement to better weather an increase in attrition. This dissertation finds that attrition depends strongly on major airline hiring. Additionally, annual attrition each year from 2015 through 2020 is expected to be above the 2002-2012 annual average. The impact of attrition is not spread evenly among the aircraft communities, and, even though mobility and fighter pilots account for the first- and second-highest proportions of future total attrition, respectively, it is the fighter community that is in the middle of a pilot shortage that is not likely to improve for at least the rest of the decade. For these reasons, this dissertation recommends re-instituting the 50 percent Aviator Continuation Pay up-front lump-sum option and increasing the yearly value to $30,000 in 2018 for fighter pilots following completion of their initial ADSC. Additionally, it is recommended that the Air Force index Aviation Career Incentive Pay to inflation for at least all active duty pilots with 6-13 years of aviation service. Enacting both measures would be greatly costeffective in terms of the training costs retained, and doing so would help in lowering pilot attrition in all communities, and especially in the fighter community.

Download or read book Strengthening U S Air Force Human Capital Management written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USAir Force human capital management (HCM) system is not easily defined or mapped. It affects virtually every part of the Air Force because workforce policies, procedures, and processes impact all offices and organizations that include Airmen and responsibilities and relationships change regularly. To ensure the readiness of Airmen to fulfill the mission of the Air Force, strategic approaches are developed and issued through guidance and actions of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Strengthening US Air Force Human Capital Management assesses and strengthens the various U.S. Air Force initiatives and programs working to improve person-job match and human capital management in coordinated support of optimal mission capability. This report considers the opportunities and challenges associated with related interests and needs across the USAF HCM system as a whole, and makes recommendations to inform improvements to USAF personnel selection and classification and other critical system components across career trajectories. Strengthening US Air Force Human Capital Management offers the Air Force a strategic approach, across a connected HCM system, to develop 21st century human capital capabilities essential for the success of 21st century Airmen.

Download or read book Pilot Retention and Air Force Leadership written by Peter V. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fighter Pilot Retention and the Squadron Perspective written by Urban E Dishart (III.) and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Alternate Solutions to the Problem of Pilot Retention in the United States Air Force written by Victor D. Jaroch and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Methodology for Long term Forecasts of Air Force Pilot Retention Rates written by Bruce A. Guzowski (MAJ, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: