WTF?

"President Donald Trump amended an executive order on Friday to allow the Defense Department to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots in order to address the Air Force's shortage of qualified fliers."

"Executive order 13223 declared a temporary state of emergency after the September 11 attacks and allowed the president to call up the National Guard, hire and fire officers, and delay retirements. It has been renewed by every president since, including Trump, but under the previous version only 25 retired officers could to be called back to active duty. Trump's amendment expands that authority."

Oh it doesn't just expand that authority.
It radically expands that authority.

"The authorities available for use during a national emergency ... are also invoked and made available, according to their terms, to the Secretary concerned, subject in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to the direction of the Secretary of Defense," the amended order reads.

The Air Force now has the power to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots to address its personnel crisis

I'm sorry.

This amended executive order went from being able to call up 25 officers to being able to call up 1000?

That doesn't send off alarm bells to you?

"authorities available for use during a national emergency"

What national emergency?

How "temporary" is something that has been in place for sixteen years?

Times we live in :-).