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Interesting, I just checked my CV air units abroad CV Saratoga, who have been on 100% training since start of war in San Diego (it's Nov 1942 now, in DaBabes scen). VF with F4F-4s do not have much plane fatigue, all under 10 (0-9, median around 5, I'd say). VS/VB show much higher plane fatigue (SBD-3), 6-106. Biggest average plane fatigue is with VT (TBF-1) 63-95, with most planes over 80.

However, none of the units have lost any planes for Ops/Write offs.

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Interesting, I just checked my CV air units abroad CV Saratoga, who have been on 100% training since start of war in San Diego (it's Nov 1942 now, in DaBabes scen). VF with F4F-4s do not have much plane fatigue, all under 10 (0-9, median around 5, I'd say). VS/VB show much higher plane fatigue (SBD-3), 6-106. Biggest average plane fatigue is with VT (TBF-1) 63-95, with most planes over 80.

However, none of the units have lost any planes for Ops/Write offs.

I had the same sort of random spread. Two carriers that had operated together most of the war and always had planes on the same setting, one had its fighters in good shape (20s or so I believe), while the other's fighters were high 60s. On one carrier one squadron would have acceptable fatigue while another would be dramatically high. And there was also a lot of variation within some squadrons, spreads from 20 or so to 123, only some of which can be explained by the few replacement planes the squadron took.

Otherwise I didn't notice any problems with ops losses so far. Some of my ship float planes also have very high plane fatigue but they keep flying fine. It's them I worry about the most though, there's no way I'm going to take of all my scout planes every time my capital ships make port.

I don't think it's an issue, unless Ops/WriteOffs start to happen. Switching from 100% Training to combat settings and checking the results couple of turns later may give some insight if it's problem or not. 

ORIGINAL: Pascal

Unfortunately, there is no way to take planes away from an active air unit and replace them with new aircraft of the same type except through 'reserves'

I, once, replaced all the airframes in VF-3 "downgrading" to Buffalos and then re-upgrading to Wildcats. This, using twice in the same turn the "upgrade now" button.
Don't know whether this workaround is actually worth the effort...