Flawed logic. There is no imposition of a requirement for persons joining AWES funded institutes, to join the military. No service liability at all. They are funded through the PRIVATE contributions of officers and jawans, and do not impose any service liability.Theo_Fidel wrote: Not saying Military can't have its own schools but...
This a situation many other organizations face. I personally spend 6 years unschooled because my Dad was posted in the wilds of India. There was no reserved college or school for me. In class Eleven I moved from CBSE to State syllabus after 6 months cos my Dad got transferred to Chennai. Anyone in TN knows the challenge of going from CBSE to state syllabus.
I actually went to a school that is 50% reserved for military. Let me tell you the vast majority were not deserving. Maybe it is different now or in other places. Most of them were from 'connected families' who fudged the paperwork to get hem admitted. Not only that the few military students in there had absolutely no intention of joining the military. No aptitude for it. To be honest the daily (including Sunday) 5 AM wake up call and forced 5 km march through the wilds of Nilgiris would discourage the most avid military recruit. I have a cousin who went through helicopter training and the 10 year job requirement because his dad was military and he got a reserved seat. The military must have spent at least 1 Crore on training him and acquiring 6000 helicopter man-hours. Yet the moment the job requirement was over, he put in for discharge and now fly's a 2 seater rural helicopter for farmers and hospitals in the wilds of Nebraska. What can I say...
This whole reservation thinking is twisted and must stop.
Furthermore, I would say that your helicopter pilot executed his responsibility to the nation, by serving with honour for 10 LONG YEARS. There is nothing wrong with his doing whatever the heck he wants, after he has discharged the obligation that the government has decided is sufficient to repay his training. And trust me, the government ALWAYS gets more than it gives! After all, if a company sent you for a course, and imposed a bond upon you, you wouldnt feel obliged to serve them after your bond obligation was discharged.
Frankly, your cousin could have gone to a private pilot training institute, and paid for his training. It would have cost much less than a crore, and for the next ten years, he would have been PAID (big bucks) for earning those 6000+ flying hours. Instead, he chose to serve the nation, in dangerous conditions (army chopper pilots fly in some scary places), for ten years.
Personally, I would just have thanked him for serving, and been glad that he has got a job that he likes even today. Who is anyone to judge, when the government itself deems that he has redeemed his obligations to it? He did a tough job for a decade, and then moved on to something else. I see nothing wrong with that.