Originally Posted by
LOMCEVAK
I am not sure precisely when the change came. The biggest issue that we cared about was that until you received your wings you did not get full flying pay, just 'flying instructional pay'!
Which was the same situation as applied when wings were awarded on completion of basic flying training. You did not qualify for full flying pay until completion of advanced training. More galling was the ruling that should you have to hold between basic and advanced then Flying Instructional Pay (FIP) was only paid for the days on which you flew. I suspect it would have been cheaper if it had just been paid, as on at least 3 occasions a SAR Flt Whirlwind got airborne on an “air test” to secure Plt Off YS’s FIP for the day.
YS