I think that the LAE supplement had to be taken when offered because most others accepted the offer and to not accept would have left you out in the open with the same job being paid less than the next guy who would be doing the same anyway. I would never have stamped the PER of anyone whom I suspected to have dubious skills. However, if the union had had a position on the supplement I would have gone along with whatever was reccomended. However, most union people at my base were RMA holders and had other interests, and I never knew if the union had a position on this.