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The Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Retaining Versus Accessing Air Force Pilots The Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Retaining Versus Accessing Air Force Pilots Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, James Hosek, Michael Boito C O R P O R A T I O N For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RR2415 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication. ISBN: 978-1-9774-0204-2 Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. © Copyright 2019 RAND Corporation R® is a registered trademark. Cover: Getty Images/Fanatic Studio. Limited Print and Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions. The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org Preface The research discussed in this report was conducted for a project to develop an analytic capability for determining the efficient amount of special and incentive (S&I) pays for rated officers in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) given the cost of producing additional trained officers, the cost of S&I pay to retain those officers, and those officers’ retention behavior in response to changes in S&I pay. To accomplish this goal, the research estimated the cost of training pilots by flying platform and broke down the cost by training stage. It extended and estimated RAND’s dynamic retention model for Air Force pilots by specialty and platform, such as fighter pilots and bomber pilots, and ran simulations that showed the effects that changes in S&I pays have on retention cost and the trade-offs between training cost and retention cost by specialty and platform. The research provided information to help the Air Force make efficient decisions about retention incentives for specific pilot specialties. The purpose of this report is to document the methods, findings, and conclusions of the project, including the finding that, from a personnel cost perspective, it is more cost-effective for the USAF to increase S&I pays and retain pilots than to expand the training pipeline to sustain a given pilot inventory. The research reported here was sponsored by the Military Force Management Policy Directorate; Manpower, Personnel and Services; Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, and conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE as part of a fiscal year project “Cost–Benefit Analysis for Rated Special and Incentive Pays.” RAND Project AIR FORCE RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of the RAND Corporation, is the U.S. Air Force’s federally funded research and development center for studies and analyses. PAF provides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy alternatives affecting the development, employment, combat readiness, and support of current and future air, space, and cyber forces. Research is conducted in four programs: Strategy and Doctrine; Force Modernization and Employment; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; and Resource Management. The research reported here was prepared under contract FA7014-16-D-1000. Additional information about PAF is available on our website: www.rand.org/paf/ This report documents work originally shared with the U.S. Air Force on November 15, 2017. The draft report, issued on February 16, 2018, was reviewed by formal peer reviewers and U.S. Air Force subject-matter experts. iii Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................ iii Figures........................................................................................................................................... vii Tables ............................................................................................................................................. ix Summary ........................................................................................................................................ xi Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................... xvii Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... xix 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Conceptual Trade-Off Between Retaining Pilots and Expanding the Training Pipeline ............ 3 3. The Cost of Training Pilots ......................................................................................................... 7 Overview of the Methodology .................................................................................................................. 7 Stages of Pilot Training ............................................................................................................................ 8 Pilot Training Cost .................................................................................................................................... 9 Costs Included in Our Estimates ............................................................................................................ 10 Methodology for Calculating Training Cost per Student for Each Aircraft Used in Training ............... 13 Sources of Data ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Results .................................................................................................................................................... 15 4. Dynamic Retention Model Overview, Estimates, and Model Fits ........................................... 19 Model Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Special and Incentive Pays for Rated Personnel .................................................................................... 21 Discussion of Parameter Estimates and Model Fit ................................................................................. 22 5. Results ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Estimating Per Capita Cost ..................................................................................................................... 33 Simulation of How Steady-State Per Capita Cost Varies with the Aviation Bonus ............................... 34 Simulations of the Transition to the Steady State ................................................................................... 41 6. Concluding Thoughts ................................................................................................................ 47 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................. 49 v Figures Figure S.1. Simulated Steady-State Fighter Pilot Retention Profile, Aviation Bonus Cap of $25,000 or $35,000 .............................................................................................................. xiv Figure S.2. Cost per Fighter Pilot, by Aviation Bonus Cap, When Training Cost per Pilot Ranges from $5.6 Million to $10.9 Million, in Fiscal Year 2018 Dollars ................... xv Figure 2.1. Simulated Steady-State Fighter Pilot Retention Profile, Aviation Bonus Cap of $25,000 or $35,000 ................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 4.1. Estimated Weight on Veteran Civilian Pilot Earnings as a Function of Major-Airline Hires .............................................................................................................. 27 Figure 4.2. Fighter Pilot (11F) Model Fit: Observed and Simulated 11F Cohorts, 1990 Through 2000, Active Component .............................................................................. 28 Figure 4.3. Mobility Pilot (11A, 11M, and 11T) Model Fit: Observed and Simulated 11A, 11M, and 11T Cohorts, 1990 Through 2000, Active Component ........................................ 29 Figure 4.4. Trainer Pilot (11K) Model Fit: Observed and Simulated 11K Cohorts, 1990 Through 2000, Active Component .............................................................................. 30 Figure 4.5. Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Pilot (11R) Model Fit: Observed and Simulated 11R Cohorts, 1990 Through 2000, Active Component ............................................................................................................................ 31 Figure 4.6. Bomber Pilot (11B) Model
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