QNV.... 

The Pentagon is so short of Air Force fighter pilots that it's boosting its salary package to make the job more enticing.

 As those who follow this blog know, SNT applied to the USAF academy in 2010. His dream was/is to fly. Grandpa was a bush pilot in Canada, I am a pilot and so is he. But, I digress...

SNT made it all the way to the door of the Academy. Passed the physical, nailed the congressional nomination, took the tour with current attendees, etc, etc, etc.  Then came the letter, he had been listed.....Qualified No Vacancy. (QNV)

QNV. No room at the inn. This was a new category created that year. Seems the sitting president had ordered a reduction in academy attendees (slots) in February of that year. Instead of the usual 1500-1600, the entering class would be limited to 1100.  The next year it was to drop below 1000. 

Because he was deemed qualified, he did not fit into any of the prep school slots or Falcon Academy placements. Find another school was his option.

So he did and life goes on. However, dreams do not die.

I am paying for the flight training and the dream lives on. He received his pilots license in February and is working on an instrument rating. 

So today, when I read the linked article, all I could think was USAF....you screwed the pooch on this one.*

 

*(Oh and a hearty kiss my hairy Rumbear butt!)