mah wrote:
During the early 90's there were more pilots than flight slots and some
were "banked" for future needs and assigned to nonflying duties. When
did they all get returned to flight duty?

I was looking for information but couldn't get a good result from a web
search.

Thanks


Banked pilots tended to return to flying duty after about three
years on non-flying duty. Toward the end of the bank, some folks
returned to fighters a bit earlier, and a few exceeded three years,
usually due to medical reasons (friend of mine tore his achille's
tendon three weeks before he was scheduled to requalify). More
than three years banked at the time would cause a pilot to miss
their first "gate" for flying time, which by policy the Air Force
would not allow to happen.

Mike Williamson