Originally Posted by
Easy Street
Note that you need to leave at either your 16/38 or 22/44 options or after age 55 to avoid premature retirement rates.
In recent years there has been an explosion in punitive RoS for otherwise routine career moves and/or training. One of the unintended (but sometimes rather convenient) consequences is that an option point that has been overtaken by an RoS does become a (hidden) deferred option point once the RoS (or sequential RoS) period is completed. Manning will claim ignorance on the matter but when pressed hard they have to follow the regulations and precedents.
Of course, pre-2004 there was no such thing as PVR pension abatement once you had made your 38/16 point (really a 37/16 point if you worked the fine print). It only came in with a refinement of rules to aid JPA implementation. Rather a lame justification to change our terms of service & pension, but here we are.
Oh and don't forget the virtual 50/30 point either - no PVR abatement at that point, as well no additional PVR-waiting time or other manning control measures.