What struck me as odd is what were they really going to do with fighter jets. Are you telling me the Ukraine has a surplus of fighter jet pilots but no jets? I mean if we are talking random people who know how to fly a plane, their skills would be much better served with logistics or something. Hell, they'd probably be better off hanging a machine gun out the window of a Cessna versus crashing a bunch of fighter jets they have no idea how to operate.
Having more pilots than fighters is not uncommon. Even in the US squadrons will often have more pilots than planes. It's why you'll see multiple pilots names on a plane especially in ANG units. Also several aircraft were destroyed on the ground. Those aircraft had pilots now with no airplanes to fly...
What struck me as odd is what were they really going to do with fighter jets. Are you telling me the Ukraine has a surplus of fighter jet pilots but no jets? I mean if we are talking random people who know how to fly a plane, their skills would be much better served with logistics or something. Hell, they'd probably be better off hanging a machine gun out the window of a Cessna versus crashing a bunch of fighter jets they have no idea how to operate.
Having more pilots than fighters is not uncommon. Even in the US squadrons will often have more pilots than planes. It's why you'll see multiple pilots names on a plane especially in ANG units. Also several aircraft were destroyed on the ground. Those aircraft had pilots now with no airplanes to fly...
Surprised, but learn something new every day.