Military Personnel: Collecting Additional Data Could Enhance Pilot Retention Efforts

Abstract

Military pilots perform an array of national security operations, such as combat missions and reconnaissance. Consequently, retaining qualified pilots is important - both to fulfill missions and to recoup the substantial investments of time and money needed to train military pilots. We found that the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marine Corps all had staffing gaps for certain types of pilots during FYs 2013-2017. And these services also lacked information about post-service employment for pilots, such as the number that left the military for commercial airlines. We recommended collecting this data to improve efforts to retain military pilots.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 2018
Accession Number
AD1156398

Entities

People

  • Andrew Von Ah
  • Brenda S. Farrell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civilian Pilots
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Commercial Pilots
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight Training
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Naval Personnel Management