The four pilots from the Prerov air base refused to be trained for the Mi-171 helicopters that are to be used in Afghanistan. Airtechnician Jiri Kohout said their refusal was also motivated by the possibility to fly in Afghanistan.
The military sent four of the rebels from Prerov to the General Staff in Prague, though other pilots from Prague must now fulfill the rescue and search tasks in Prerov, CT reported.
The pilots allegedly minded not being sufficiently trained for the planned Afghan mission, according to the report.
Deputy Chief of Staff Josef Proks said the pilots to fly in Afghanistan will undergo a short but intense training, CT said.
However, Kohout said there was not enough time to provide a quality training for the pilots.
The daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) reported in June that one in ten top-class helicopter pilots wants to leave the Czech military and that the military is allegedly not prepared for the mission of five transport helicopters in Afghanistan.
However, representatives of the air base in Prerov denied pilots leaving service over their fears of the mission in Afghanistan.
Two Czech soldiers died in Afghanistan this year after a suicide bomb attack in the Helmand province and in a road side bomb explosion in Logar where the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) operates.
Apart from the PRT, the Czechs are still serving in a field hospital in Kabul and military policemen special forces operate in Helmand.
