Im sarah harmon, thanks for joining me. Its too late to extend the Bailout Program before it runs out in a few hours according to ahead of the eurogroup. He was speaking after an emergency telephone conference of eurozone finance ministers to discuss a lastminute proposal by athens. Little crossover to brussels in just a moment to find out what all this means. But first, lets turn to athens. Thousands of proeuro supporters gathered outside of parliament as evening fell. Sentiment is strongly divided over whether to strike a deal with greases International Creditors or not. We must say yes to europe. Citrus Alexis Tsipras will turn us into north korea. Alexis tsipras is the man who will take us forward. He is doing the right thing for people. The government has been sending conflicting signals. They encourage people to vote no. But with hours to go before default, the government made another offer and is now involved in yet another round of last second negotiations. The finance minister
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The available pool of candidates. With the problem being of United States efforts with the deficit at the point of over 1,000 total pilots. We are here to hear on the on services on their plan. We know we cannot buy our way out of the problem since the military does not compete with the potential salary and some cases of the lifestyle of commercial airlines. We must make sure services are using all lever of all control. The to incentivize these pilots and discuss the way forward to stop the flow of military pilots. I look for waward to hearing fr the witnesses to understand the retention problem and to assess the proposed resolutions for the services and increasing retention. Before i introduce our panel, let me offer an opportunity to make opening remarks chairman, thank you and thank you to our witnesses who are here today. The Arm Service Committee have been receiving quite a bit of testimony over the last few monthst on the issue of readiness. There is some debate on the readiness
Briefed lawmakers on a Pilot Shortage affecting all four of the services. This House Armed Services subcommittee hearing runs about an hour 1 2. And a half. Comes to order. I want to welcome everyone to the hear on the shortage of pilots in military services. Today well hear from the services on their progress towards increasing the retention of military pilots both officers and warrant officers. We know pilot demands are increasing in the commercial sector and the demand to hire qualified military pilot is this higher than the available pool of candidates. With the problem being particularly acute in the United States air force. With the deficit at one point of over 1,000 total pilots. We are here to hear from the Armed Services on their plan. We know we cannot buy our way out of the problem since the military does not compete with the potential salary and some cases of the lifestyle of commercial airlines. So we must make sure the services are using all the levers in their control. F