BREAKING: The DoD has pulled $130M of their $140M training budget for the USAACE flight program to allocate it towards Ukraine and other foreign obligations, according to newly leaked email. 
This has been confirmed by multiple senior aviation officials, and official correspondence in contact with @samosaur.
On May 1st, USAACE will be without funds to continue Flight School XXI.
There is currently a plan of action at G3 Air that may delay this until May 15.
There are exceptions to this:
- Graduate POl (i.e. D/1-14*h) will continue to fly.
- Flight School IERW FMS students will continue to fly. Their funding has already been pre-paid by host countries.
- Students will continue to go through Academics at Merryman.
- LCT periods will continue.
There is currently a plan of action at G3 Air that may delay this until May 15.
There are exceptions to this:
- Graduate POl (i.e. D/1-14*h) will continue to fly.
- Flight School IERW FMS students will continue to fly. Their funding has already been pre-paid by host countries.
- Students will continue to go through Academics at Merryman.
- LCT periods will continue.
@samosaur Even with training being discontinued, students will be required to continue reporting to the flight line for accountability.
There will be no A940/ATP training flights. Dept of Army Civilians and contractors will continue to be paid without furlough.
There will be no A940/ATP training flights. Dept of Army Civilians and contractors will continue to be paid without furlough.
It’s currently unknown how long training will be discontinued.
The Army will likely move funds around to continue training before the end of the fiscal year, but this is speculation.
Several officials are also dismissing the significance of the school shutting down for new pilots due to the already high number of WO1s and LTs in the force.
The Army will likely move funds around to continue training before the end of the fiscal year, but this is speculation.
Several officials are also dismissing the significance of the school shutting down for new pilots due to the already high number of WO1s and LTs in the force.
The lack of funding follows on the heels of an unprecedented number of aviation mishaps in FY23.
According to Defense News, “Fiscal 2023 marked the highest death rate for Army soldiers since the U.S. withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with a total of 14 dead across 10 accidents, formally known as Class A mishaps, meaning accidents that result in the loss of life or the loss of equipment totaling more than $2.5 million.”
According to Defense News, “Fiscal 2023 marked the highest death rate for Army soldiers since the U.S. withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with a total of 14 dead across 10 accidents, formally known as Class A mishaps, meaning accidents that result in the loss of life or the loss of equipment totaling more than $2.5 million.”
@samosaur This information comes to me from @samosaur, who has been talking to senior officials in the aviation community all day gathering information.
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