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The shortfall was expected to grow from 500 to 700 by the end of 2016, and officials said it could swell to about 1,000 by 2022 unless something was done.<br\/><br\/>James urged lawmakers to boost the maximum $25,000-per-year Aviator Retention Pay bonus for the first time since 1999. But while James wanted a top bonus of $48,000 \u2014 which would have given pilots as much as $432,000 if they signed up for the full nine-year extension\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the NDAA includes a smaller increase of $35,000.<br\/><br\/> In a Dec. 8 interview, James said she is grateful for the increase provided by Congress.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;We&#8217;re going to implement as quickly as we can the $35,000, and we&#8217;re going to monitor and hope that it will help,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If we feel that we need more increases, we can go back to Congress and ask for more increases.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> She noted that quality of life is also a key factor in retaining pilots.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;We also have to figure out ways that when they are not doing the operational missions overseas and they&#8217;re home, then they get good quality time at home, that we don&#8217;t bring them home and we immediately send them off somewhere, \u2026 for three weeks to something else,&#8221; she 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