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Originally Posted by dammage79
Oh I'm not worried about Pilot recruitment. Now that things are official they'll have a ton of joiners Lining up to fly them.
It really helps to have Shiney new things to dangle in front of new recruits.
I'd have preferred the Saab but that doesn't matter any more. The f-35 will draw pilots. Perhaps the bigger co cern might be recruiting and training techs to keep them airborne.
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They always have a long line of people joining, the pilot shortage is more about experienced ones leaving after their initial commitment. I don't think new jets alone changes that, not while it's still a miserable place to spend your entire career. As pilots get older (in pilot years at least, like mid 30s) and their jobs transition into more admin and less flying, leaving starts to look pretty good. It's a problem in every air force in the world, it's a blast while you're a junior officer, then it's all politics after that, and not many pilots signed up for the politics