Bob Viking wrote:
If MOD want a relatively low cost option I still think that allowing people to access their EDP earlier (provided it can be given tax free) when it can be of real use could be a good solution.
Well, that sounds exactly like the 'Selective Bonus on Demand' scheme I proposed 30 years ago whilst serving at RAF Abingdon - the idea being that at (what was then) 38/16 you could take whatever portion of the 'bonus' which was to be offered rather than all of it. The rest would remain available, increasing with time served.
My Wg Cdr and Gp Capt both supported it and Binnsworth thanked me.... But then the wall came down and for a while recruiting and retention wasn't an issue until we start losing folks to the airlines again a year or so later.