In the AFPS pdf file on the MoD Website it says quote:
Immediate Pension
A pension paid immediately on leaving the Armed
Forces after 16 years’ reckonable service as an officer
or 22 years’ reckonable service in the ranks
and ...
Reckonable Service
Reckonable Service is the Service which counts towards
a member’s pension. For officers this starts at age 21
for a maximum of 34 years and for other ranks at age
18 for a maximum of 37 years.
End Quotes.
Therefore you could reach IPP aged 37 and I think both burpblade and Dancing Bear are right and I am wrong. I humbly apologise and sit corrected. Doesnt actually affect me as I joined when I was 22 and 3 days, so my IPP is aged 38 and 2 (?) days.
So if RA stays at 50, what do we do with ourselves? Cant really get a decent second job when you are that old, unless of course you are aerosystems trained and get poached by BWoS or Thales etc.
Oggin.