Originally published at: Air Force Boosts FY26 Aviation Bonus Incentives
Program increases payouts for shorter commitments, with total contracts reaching up to $600,000.
This will contribute to the already significant pilot shortage in the commercial fleet ADN at the same time significantly induced highly trained (at great expense to the US taxpayer) pilots in the US Armed forceces. Good for the Armed services and may FINALLY kick the commercial world to start training thier own pilots.
Only 1/3 of recent airline hires are ex-military.
2/3 are civilians.
It’s been fairly consistent over the last 20 years.
Slightly higher percentage military in the mid-2010’s and lower in the 2020’s
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