With overall manning levels here in Trenton, for each priory that my units hold, I am quite satisfied with where I'm at. When you do bring up the element of reservists within the air force, this is where the air force may be a different paradigm than, say, the army. We would be comparing apples to oranges in this case. The reason I say this is that for the army to recruit reservists and fill the ranks with infantry soldiers who require some baseline basic training and then some infantry-specific training, it doesn't take that long to build that capacity.
It is different, though, for an air force that relies on a technician force that is skilled in airworthiness decisions and practices, be it for airframe—i.e., engines, landing gear, those types of structures—or, more and more so now, for the software components that allow an aircraft to answer to the mission that it does today. Lastly, there is a structures element to what they do in rebuilding parts and components that takes considerable training. In fact, the civilian qualifications on the outside would equate to at least a three-year college diploma and some experience to get them there. I think that's probably the biggest challenge on reservists within the air force.