Hot take: The answer is to plus up the Guard/Reserve instead. Go back to the days of more unit-equipped squadrons (that own their own jets) and throttle back TFI. Take the 269 new EXs, buy some brand new F-16 Block 70/80s, and keep the A-10 around longer.
The Air Reserve Component is your lifeline to keeping a ready force that can still be flexible enough to allow people to get those airline seniority numbers and explore civilian life, without moving every 2-3 years and burning themselves out.
And it's not just a part time force. There are plenty of AGR (full time, active duty), ART (civil service), or just ADOS/RPA/ADSW (full time, temporary orders) opportunities.
It's a proven system that has been degraded as we sold our soul for the F-22/F-35 in the 2000s-2010s (Aughts? I just can't call it that).
My opinion only, does not represent DOW or anyone else.