
NASHVILLE — The attraction of commercial airline pay has lured helicopter pilots away from the U.S. Army, but career incentive pay may help keep them, Maj. Gen. William Gayler, the commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence in Fort Rucker, Alabama, told the Army Aviation Association of America's annual conference here on April 15. The transition from rotorcraft to fixed-wing can take just three months of training for Army aviators, while civilians can spend thousands of dollars over…