Ref the redundancy programme in the seventies. It all happened in early '75 for applications, with them having to be in by about June. The actual names were released in about October, at which point all were grounded. We were allowed to specify a date to go, and I had asked for 31 Dec 76. That meant being grounded for 14 months. Despite various objections I managed to fly for an AEF and get a few Chippie hours in.