Originally Posted by
Chugalug2
The usual reasons for leaving are either to continue flying rather than what the RAF might have in mind for you or perhaps simply the pay and conditions. Covid 19 has driven a bus through all such considerations and many would be grateful for any job now, especially in a familiar environment. Temporary it may be but that would at least be a reprieve from any redundancy or complete company collapse that many will be facing.
As to the mechanism, it is good to know that a cell exists for dealing with individual applications to rejoin (thank you downsizer). I'm confused therefore why BA pilots should not be processed in the same way? Why should the RAF contemplate a special arrangement with one particular company, unless of course that company is offering a deal that is more advantageous to the Service. Is it?
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Why do you suggest that BA pilots would be treated in any other way? The RAF (and indeed the other services) will decide who they deem to be suitable and if they want them. There is no right to join/rejoin the service, nor is there any mechanism other than the system the RAF already use. The only difference is that suddenly the RAF has access to a pool of available pilots who two months ago were not available. The RAF has a pilot shortage, and now has a way of filling some of those vacancies, anyone who rejoins may or may not stay very long but it allows the RAF to close a temporary gap until their own training system can sort itself out and provide the numbers the service needs. The system the RAF use is open to anyone who wishes to avail themselves of it, whatever airline or company they currently work for. This is a win win but some just see conspiracy, some people are never happy,