Fair enough, but I wouldn't bank on the Civilian Flight/Space Industry thing not existing, I mean, people have to get around somehow. And the military lifestyle takes its toll on people, I mean, how much of your life do you really want to spend moving every 2-5 years? Plus family etc, I mean, there are other reasons besides the civilian flight industry people leave the service (For instance, it was a combination of family and the military life that resulted in my Uncles leaving the SLA after 25+ years). On the note of recalling veterans, I wonder if the GTVA would ever go so far as instituting a draft?
I don't know about only three classes, I mean, that's assuming Flight Training is still at what? 6 Months or so? You just can't keep your full regime going, when your fighters need filling, everything that isn't completely essential gets the cut. I can realistically see GTVA Pilot Training in full being cut down to 3 months (1 Month Basic Flight School, Second Month Advanced Flight School, Third Month would be operational conversion, with some subsistence Officer Training thrown in there. Anything else such as COMSURV would easily be cut.) And the GTVA has nearly THIRTY systems, and with the demand for Aircrew/Spacecrew, it makes sense to open at least 5-7 training schools to cover your applicant base. The worst thing the GTVA can do right now is have potential pilots twiddling their thumbs waiting for a Letter of Offer for Pilot Training because of great demand.
Fair enough, we would have advances by then, but sixty sounds a little bit on the high side. Actually, I guess sixty is fairly reasonable by that stage, and having the cut-off at around 70~75 for Service members (dependent on a Medical most likely.)