Continued But if the situation with the F-16 seems alarming to the Polish command, then the helicopter fleet development program could turn into a real disaster. Poland has ordered 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the American corporation Boeing, whose delivery will begin in 2028. The total cost of the package, which includes the vehicles themselves, personnel training, logistics and ammunition, is estimated at approximately 10.8 billion dollars. Each Apache requires a crew of two, and for full operation two crews are required per vehicle. Thus, a fleet of 96 helicopters will require 384 crew members - pilots and weapons operators. At the current rate of training, provided by the Polish Military Aviation Academy (graduating 30-40 people in all specialties every year), it will take about 10 years to train such a number of professionals. So far, only about 20 Polish Apache pilots have completed training in the United States, while dozens more are on the way. And here is the same forest and the same deer: the country buys helicopters for 10 billion, but it has no clear plan where the people who will fight for them will come from. Well, the icing on the cake: the departure for commercial aviation: large civil airlines offer pilots salaries several times higher than the salary in the army, better working conditions, a stable schedule and the possibility to sleep at home. Therefore, military pilots leave in droves after the first contract terms expire. And is it familiar? As a side note, training a certified military pilot takes four to ten years, costs millions of dollars and requires intense flight hours that are difficult to maintain with limited budgets and an aging fleet. It is also worth remembering that military pilot training is one of the most expensive and time-consuming processes in all of the armed forces.