ExpressJet Rotor-Transition Program

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This appears to be a route for rotor-wing pilots to a regional airline:

Rotor Transition Program

ExpressJet

www.expressjet.com

 

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Are these rotor-to-fixed wing programs having an effect on Army RW pilot retention ? It's a reasonable question:


“One question I often get asked is, are the airlines impacting your shortfall,” Brig. Gen. Michael C. McCurry, director of Army aviation for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 said Thursday at an aviation-focused event at the Association of the United States Army. “Well the short answer is, we don’t know. We don’t have good measurements out there right now to tell us why an aviator is getting out of the force."

Data showing 160th SOAR’s pilot shortage is a ‘snapshot in time,’ command cautions

Special operations aviation must draw from the conventional pool, which is short by hundreds of pilots.

www.armytimes.com