Recent content by SupersonicMax

This is irrelevant. The RMC/ROTP pipeline is established and training establishments are running at full capacity. Removing the requirement for a degree would only lead to an increased wait time or delays in recruitment (by 4-5 years).

That’s purely a policy that we 100% control. We can have techs maintain 2 types.

And this assumes the entirety of the fuel load is consumed in 1h (which isn’t the case most of the time). Fuel cost is around $1.10CA a liter. Having said this, I’d like to see SAAB math on their figure.

The business will take from current fighter pilots. We’ll just have the same problem with a lot less flexibility.

30 fighter pilots. We cannot put 30 pilots through the Fighter Pilot Course a year. It would mean shutting down your font line units to concentrate on training. And then you don’t have anywhere to make them combat ready and upgraded to flight lead.

It would help maintenance of quals. For many things, you can fly in any aircraft type (total hours, night hours, approaches, etc) and you only need a smaller amount dedicated to each type to maintain currency.

Keep the F-35 order. This will satisfy NORAD interoperability requirements and expeditionary capabilities requirements. Buy 30 Grippens. Put 10 in Cold Lake for FLIT, and put 10 in Bagotville and Cold Lake as proficiency platforms/Red Air, to be flown by F-35 pilots who are dual qualified.

NORAD is all about interoperability with the US. The Rafale does not give that.

It depends for what purposes. NORAD? F-15EX IMO. Exped? F-35A

We do sometimes. But it is a very difficult position to be put is as people tend to not listen to them.

Sorry to revive this but you can’t say we don’t support the Army for CAS anymore! We went to you, all the way to Latvia!

They are not what if scenarios. We desperately need Majors and people will refuse promotion, and remove themselves from the promotion list. A lot more than a handful. Imagine you’re a Capt 13 making $14,080 a month. You’re promoted to major, making $14,464 a month in the first year. Over the...

If we don’t have F-35s on time, my guess is that we’ll keep flying the Hornet in the NORAD role until we have enough of the new fighter. We will still be short.

L I can guarantee you this isn’t how it’s seen and lived.

Sure except that Capt 5/6 got artificially boosted to 13 during the implementation (to not actually make less than they were making before the new pay scales), which disincentivizes promotion for folks that would have had the potential and desire to progress. The issue is temporary but critical...