Having survived at least three redundancy packages, the first was probably the best.
Fast Jet were excluded (prohibited), Canberra JOs and other heavyies could volunteer. Senior ranks could also volunteer AND be refused. The axe was well aimed at all senior airmen.
I remember a sqn ldr who thought he was going places as he had just been picked up for his scrapper. All it did was lift him into the compulsory redundancy bracket. Had he asked his fellow JOs we would have told him he was useless.
The next 'good' thing about the package was the exit date 3 years hence. In theory it gave you 3 years to sort your future. In practice it made the money numbers crap as inflation was 15% or so and the payment was based on year 0 not year 3.
We got well and truly stitched.
Oh, no blunties, just aircrew as far as I can remember and only 3 years after they introduced spec aircrew cause we had a retention problem.