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Author Switzer, Tobias, author

Title Three recommendations for improving Air Force pilot retention / Tobias Switzer
Published Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2020
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (V, 32 pages) : illustrations, color photographs
Contents Introduction. -- I. The agency-stability dilemma: a framework for understanding the pilot retention program. -- The Air Force's problem: stability. -- A pilot's problem: agency. -- Addressing the agency-stability dilemma. -- II. An evaluation of the aviation bonus retention program. -- Inflation eroded the value of the retention contract. -- The AvB program declined in relative value compared to total compensation. -- The Air Force extended initial pilot service commitments. -- The AvB retention contract is a fly/no-fly decision. -- The timing of the AvB retention contract disadvantages the Air Force. -- An impersonal AvB offer. -- III. Army-Junior officer retention: an agency stability exchange. -- IV. Conclusion and recommendations. -- Recommendations 1. Empower squadron commanders in the AvB process. 2. Offer the AvB contract earlier. 3. Create an assignment-for-service market at pilot training. -- About the author
Summary 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
Notes "A Report of the CSIS International Security Program"--Cover
"October 2020"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-32)
Notes "This report was made possible by the generous support of the Department of the Air Force."
Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed October 20, 2020)
Subject United States. Air Force -- Personnel management
United States. Air Force.
Air pilots, Military -- Supply and demand -- United States
Employee retention -- United States
Manpower planning -- United States
Air pilots, Military -- Supply and demand.
Armed Forces -- Personnel management.
Employee retention.
Manpower planning.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.