nofodad
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Fanning did not give figures on the number of pilots who have rejected the bonuses but said "pilots want to fly," and there was less opportunity for doing that with whole squadrons periodically being grounded to save money. Absent help from Congress on funding, "we're going to have to continue these rolling groundings for squadrons," Fanning said.
In addition, airline jobs are opening up as more airline pilots retire, Fanning said at an issues forum sponsored by Defense One.
"It's not just compensation that keeps people in the military, it's the mission," Fanning said. Addressing the growth rate of compensation was a key factor in meeting the requirements of the sequester process under the Budget Control Act.
To put a time frame with that 15-03 to 07, O3 was to start around now. Our DS is 14-08 and he started April 1st. My guess would be 07 would be March. That is a 5 month wait, at least. We also have a friend's DS at UNT. He was given a Dec. date, than it was Jan., than Feb., and now he is scheduled to start in March. He has been at P'cola since Oct. Went to IFS mid Oct - mid Nov., was expected to start UNT 2 weeks later. He will now be on casual status for 6 months awaiting his class start date. God knows what will happen when we actually see the budget.hornetguy said:The rumors are true. Four from 15-03 and four from 15-04 got bumped to 15-07 and later.
The next rumor I'm hearing is that my class is huge and there's no way we can start with that many (15-05).
+1 to you Pima. Especially the bulimic part. Our government and military does not seem to be able to walk the line in between too much spending (and the massive waste that comes with too much money too quickly) and spending next to nothing. Of course , this cycle could also be looked at in the case of 2 term Presidents that either are for/against the military and increased spending.
It will be interesting to see how these cuts are felt through the commissioning sources. I think we are already seeing some of it with the AROTC branching this year among other things but it will be very interesting to move from the "land of milk and honey" we have been in for about the last decade.
I don't think you can correlate (much less claim causation) of our military budget with a perceived for/against military when you look at the chart. However, it looks like Pima's perceived correlation might be true looking at the budget over time.
Looks to me like, with the exception of the Reagan buildup (or build back depending on your point of view) that it correlates more with war and peace to me. No mystery here. Everyone always looks for a peace dividend, unfortunately.