One issue is, aviation companies these days are having to review and adjust remuneration’s accordingly, often several times a year, to simply retain staff, such is the shortage.
And while the RAF may try to retain engineers, the cold hard facts are they only review the pay scales annually, and the only ranks that can be considered financially comparable are senior ranks.
The likes of junior ranks will never be financially comparable, so they see their future outside the RAF and leave accordingly, this must compound the issues the RAF must face, as todays junior ranks are tomorrows senior ones, and with them leaving there is no backfill to replace them.
Last edited by NutLoose; 9th January 2025 at 17:34.