Many in your camp claim that bonus money won't appreciably tip the scales for someone seriously considering getting out, and now you say that the Navy doesn't do enough to hold on to talent because they aren't giving some senior officers a $170 increase per month in flight pay.
I'm confused - do the financial incentives work, or don't they?
It's a very small, almost casual, snub but one that can be piled up along with several other slights, indignities and ignominies that Naval Aviators seem to have endured recently from their leadership.
I'm confused - do the financial incentives work, or don't they?
I'll tell you what doesn't help, shorting folks a very small amount they think they are due as a right because they are professional aviators. Right or wrong, the optics ain't good. I'm very well aware of the resource constraints along with the other huge challenges that the military and Navy in particular face but the little things can matter too, like getting nice round $1000 in flight pay per month like your brethren in the others services are getting.