Originally Posted by
trim it out
Fortunately the MOD have put in a cost saving measure by not paying anyone who started flying training after 2017/2018(?) any flying pay for their first 6 years
Not cost saving - that is fake news. It was re-profiled to pay more later and less earlier. Kind of makes sense in that you pay at the points when folks have traditionally have left the Service and not too much soon after they have trained. Obviously, for some, the wait to finish that training has taken a couple of years longer than the scheme planned for. You can read the details in the AFPRB report from 2017:
https://assets.publishing.service.go...Accessible.pdf
When you plot out the old initial/middle/top/enhanced rates against the new Tier 1, Tier 2 and the £70k Retention Payment (which is now two £40k lump sums) then you see that there was no cost saving. When I looked at it in 2017 as it was announced, I did exactly that and worked out it cost more over a 20 year career than the previous scheme. After 20 years then most are either PAS/PES(A) or climbing up through OF3/OF4 pay scales anyway.
The thing that sucked the dog of death for many was that 2017 was the beginning of the misfiring start of UK MFTS. That saw many with delayed or stalled flying training. As the new scheme relied on start of flying training points and OCU completions (although the latter was the same for the legacy scheme to kick off flying pay), then the delays caused frustrations for those caught up in it. However, at the other end of the demographic those already on Middle, Top and Enhanced Rate RRP received a much welcomed enhancement to their pay packet with the new Tier 2 rates, whilst some also got £70k payments they were not expecting. Thus the scheme was viewed as unfair by some and great by others as there were winners and losers - not great!