The 2019 Aviation Bonus Program, unveiled Wednesday, offers mobility, special operations and unmanned aircraft pilots more money — and the option of a shorter service commitment.
The Air Force’s roughly 2,000-pilot shortfall has been one of its most vexing — and public — problems over the last two-plus years. In 2019, the Air Force will see if its efforts to resolve it start to bear fruit.
The percentage of manned aircraft pilots accepting hefty bonuses to stay in the Air Force stopped its slide in fiscal 2018. But turning on the cash spigot appears to have had limited effect in some areas.
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