Pilot Management

[sven6345789]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

You have to check the air units to see when a pilot is avialable. If the pilot total looks like 15(2) on the airgroup screen, that means you have 2 pilots that are ready to assign to active duty. You can go the pilot screen and do that.

If you want to activate the two pilots, go to the request veteran button. scroll down the list, and somewhere they will be.

[Oliver Heindorf]

OK, maybe this has been explained elsewhere but I fail to archive the following thing and could I need some help :

How do I transfer pilots active in an air unit to the general pilot pool ?

I figured out how to make them inactive in their unit and how to transfer them to another group.

But what happens to them if their unit where they are assigned to (being inactive) is withdrawn ? I assume they are lost&gone so I want to transfer them to the general pool...how do I do that ?

[CapAndGown]

Click on the pilot a second time.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: jetjockey

I've been toying with this system a bit and have noticed that I have (unintentionally) move a few squadron CO's to other squadrons. Does this effect the squadron(s)?

Well yes and no. If you transfer the commander out then the computer will assigned one of the more experienced junior officers to the squadron command. However, it is best to have a major or LTC in command of a squadron-especially a front line unit. This is the proper rank to command a squadron and they will perform better than the would if commanded by a junior officer. It is OK with a rear unit and I think that if you have a "very promising" or promising junior officer in command of a squadron, he will eventually gain promotion to major. I have noticed that Army squadrons have a very short supply of qualified officers available early in the game so you will have to use some junior officers.

[Oliver Heindorf]

Sorry, I may sound dumb as a box of rocks but I cant get it to work. I can sent it only to the group reseve, regadless how nany clicks I do on the pilots name.

and when the pilot is in group reserve, i can just make it active again when I click on it again.

grrrrrr, why it has been made sooooooo complicated with almost NO usability for the customer ? It could not had been done worser.

And yes, I still hang around with the same problem.

what erstad said in post #4 simply does not work for unknown reason. I assume the problem sits in front of the pc but hell, why isnt there just a box asking where to sent instead of makeing things more complicated ? [:@]

EDIT : I found out that sending the pilot to general pool is NOT aviable for all air groups . VERY transparent.... [8|] .

No wonder that I wasnt able to do like mentioned above, I selected the wrong air groups...[8|]

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Good stuff guys. Thanks...

Second that!

BUMP

[pompack]

ORIGINAL: Oliver Heindorf

Sorry, I may sound dumb as a box of rocks but I cant get it to work. I can sent it only to the group reseve, regadless how nany clicks I do on the pilots name.

and when the pilot is in group reserve, i can just make it active again when I click on it again.

grrrrrr, why it has been made sooooooo complicated with almost NO usability for the customer ? It could not had been done worser.

And yes, I still hang around with the same problem.

what erstad said in post #4 simply does not work for unknown reason. I assume the problem sits in front of the pc but hell, why isnt there just a box asking where to sent instead of makeing things more complicated ? [:@]

EDIT : I found out that sending the pilot to general pool is NOT aviable for all air groups . VERY transparent.... [8|] .

OH:
1. Click on pilots name to send to group pool (name will gray out). Once there, click again and you will move him to general pool
2. I have yet to fail to send a pilot to the General Pool. Note that if you have too few pilots, the second click will send the pilot back to active status, BUT if you then add enough pilots to the unit you will be able to complete the transfer
No wonder that I wasnt able to do like mentioned above, I selected the wrong air groups...[8|]

[Oliver Heindorf]

thank you pompack, as usual VERY helpful - over YEARS ! [&o]