re: Air Force ad prominently featuring female pilots ....

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Unless you’re AF command, I call BS.

Every swinging dick under 50 wants to fly.

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As I understand it, it's not because of a lack of desire - plenty of people want to fly. It's because only officers are allowed to be pilots (not enlisted,) and because the training programs accommodate too few trainees to replace leaving pilots - leaving to a stovepipe issue.

Up until the pandemic, there was also high demand by airlines who were willing to pay six-figure salaries, which caused so many Air Force pilots to leave for the airlines that the USAF at one point had to offer ten-year, $400,000+ re-enlistment bonuses to keep its fighter pilots in the force.