Say you start out with 100 pilots. You have two options:
Send all 100 pilots to Japan with full fuel tanks. 25 make it back alive.
Send 50 pilots to Japan with twice as many bombs. 0 make it back, but 50 are still alive.
the military wants to recoup that cost by sending everyone they bother to train out on a certain number of missions.
No, the military just wants to accomplish its missions. If more pilots are alive after each mission, it means more pilots available for future missions.
Say you start out with 100 pilots. You have two options:
Send all 100 pilots to Japan with full fuel tanks. 25 make it back alive.
Send 50 pilots to Japan with twice as many bombs. 0 make it back, but 50 are still alive.
No, the military just wants to accomplish its missions. If more pilots are alive after each mission, it means more pilots available for future missions.