Download or read book The Civilian Airline Industry s Role in Military Pilot Retention Beggarman Or Thief Documented Briefing written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The services are undergoing a fundamental reshaping and restructuring, driven by the demands of a new era of tighter fiscal constraints, new security challenges, and new technology. To reduce strength, the services are constraining accessions, encouraging voluntary departures, and imposing involuntary separations. This has raised concerns regarding total personnel readiness in the near future as the flow of active personnel to the reserve components is sharply reduced. RAND was asked to undertake a critical assessment of pilot management and training from a total force perspective, with special emphasis on three areas: (1) the requirements for pilots in the context of the defense drawdown and restructuring; (2) the supply of pilots in the same context and the sustainability of such a forc-given historical trends in accession, retention, and transfers to the reserves; and (3) the effectiveness of current personnel management and training policies in meeting future needs. As part of that assessment, we were asked to undertake an analysis of the interactions between civilian airlines and the retention of military pilots and the eventual sustainability of the required military pilot force. This documented briefing reports the results of that analysis.
Download or read book The Civilian Airline Industry s Role in Military Pilot Retention written by Claire Mitchell Levy and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fairly circumscribed examination of civilian airline hiring of military pilots, both historical and projected, and some thoughts on the adequacy of future flows of military pilots to the civilian sector.
Download or read book Forecasting Demand for Civilian Pilots written by Justin W. Collup and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Retaining U S Air Force Pilots when the Civilian Demand for Pilots is Growing written by Michael G. Mattock and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increases in major airline hiring could cause Air Force pilot shortfalls. The authors analyzed supply, compensation, and demand to estimate changes in civilian pilot pay and hiring and the level of aviator retention pay needed as a countermeasure.
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 Military Personnel written by Mark E. Gebicke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DoD reported shortages of 2,000 pilots at the end of FY1998 and projected that shortages would continue for several years. Retaining qualified pilots is important to ensure that operational requirements can be met and to recoup the substantial investments the services make in training their pilots. This report reviews and identifies reasons for the military pilot shortages and offers solutions. It determined: the services' reported and projected estimates of their pilot shortages; the basis for the services' pilot requirements; key factors that account for the reported pilot shortages; and concerns that are causing pilots to consider leaving the military. Tables.
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 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 The Training and Retention of Pilots in the U S Military and Major Airline Industry written by David P. Erickson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Personnel written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military personnel actions needed to better define pilot requirements and promote retention report to the chairman and ranking minority member Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taking Flight written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-03-14 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commercial aviation industry is a major part of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and a key contributor to the nation's economy. The industry is facing the effects of a reduced role by the military as a source of high-quality trained personnel, particularly pilots and mechanics. At the same time, it is facing the challenges of a changing American workforce. This book is a study of the civilian training and education programs needed to satisfy the work-force requirements of the commercial aviation industry in the year 2000 and beyond, with particular emphasis on issues related to access to aviation careers by women and minorities.
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 58 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 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 How to Keep Young Majors Flying Grey Jets Instead of Airliners written by Jeffrey Entine and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "According to widely reported sources, the United States Air Force predicts a vast shortage of trained and experienced pilots, specifically fighter pilots. To combat this, the Air Force offers pilots a retention bonus of varying durations at the end of their initial service commitment from pilot training. As the airline industry has expanded its hiring needs, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve squadrons grow in ratio to active duty, and society has changed, the number of rated officers who choose to remain on active duty has decreased. Surprisingly, the Air Force’s approach has not. To increase retention, the Air Force must adjust its approach to appeal to what pilots care about, which is not universal. To do so, it should a three-pronged approach that appeals to an officer’s stability and predictability of assignments, an officer’s bank account, or both."--Page 1.
Download or read book The Dynamic Retention Model for Air Force Officers written by Michael G. Mattock and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Air Force (USAF) needs accurate models to develop retention policies that ensure the force has a sufficient number of experienced officers to meet current and future requirements. The dynamic retention model (DRM) can be used to take into account the effect of the availability of multi-year contracts to certain classes of Air Force officers. Unlike the annualized cost of leaving (ACOL) model long used by researchers working on USAF personnel issues, the DRM takes into account the value an officer may place on future career flexibility in the face of uncertainty, and thus is particularly well suited to examining the effect of bonus programs that have service commitments, such as the Aviator Continuation Pay (ACP) program, which pays an annual bonus to pilots and certain groups of navigators and air battle managers who commit to extend their service for specified numbers of years or to a specified length of service.
