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Yes - it's supposed to be a volunteer military, not conscription. You ideally want people doing jobs that they want to be doing. (Can't always meet that ideal.)
by chrisseaton 5y ago
Yes - it's supposed to be a volunteer military, not conscription. You ideally want people doing jobs that they want to be doing. (Can't always meet that ideal.)
- tyingq 5y agoThe pilots get to submit a limited list of preferences, but there's a fixed list of slots, like "f22 => 2, f16 => 4, ... kc-135 => 3". Then, your ranking in the class drives when it's your turn to pick. Along with some other criteria. For example, some aircraft have min/max pilot height criteria because of the ejection seat. So some pilots do end up flying aircraft they didn't really want to fly.