ABSTRACT
Air Force conducted a formal survey of all instructor pilots and navigators assigned to the Air Training Command (ATC). This chapter presents significant findings gleaned from the survey responses and suggests that possible alternative actions in view of these findings. Career decisions appeared to hinge on the net composite effect of several critical factors, including job security, satisfactory assignments, erosion of benefits, confidence in management, aircrew authority versus responsibility, work schedule, institutional commitment, family acceptance, and availability of job opportunities with the airlines. Specific elements of the ATC environment that appear to influence career intentions include perceptions of the job and the squadron, attitudes toward upper management, and family acceptance of the Air Force environment. The rather heavy work schedules reported by many instructor pilots also probably had a bearing on family relationships. In addition to assessing instructor pilots attitudes toward job-related factors, the ATC survey examined their perceptions of factors normally identified with the unit of assignment.
