Minimizing the Loss of Student Pilots from Voluntary Attrition

摘要

Losing a student from Air Force undergraduate pilot training (UPT) incurs both direct and indirect costs to the service. In addition to the fact that it wastes an opportunity that another Air Force asset could have used, all or part of the approximately $750,000 that a UPT training slot costs will see no return on investment. Seeking to minimize attrition from all causes, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) uses a variety of screening tools for selecting students. The largest category of student loss from UPT is voluntary attrition, called "dropping on request" (DOR).