52D2,
All that has been previously posted is true:
- redress exists for a reason - ie, the system isn't always perfect and needs a scheme to allow it rectify mistakes;
- it is reserved for serious malpractice in the chain of command;
- it is a very long and bloody process with incentives at each stage for people to get you to drop it and "make it go away";
- it shows you who your friends are (expected and unexpected);
- and I've seen it work, with the RAF coming to the right answer.
If you've got a case - and you need to show that malpractice, (preferably illegal malpractice in employment law terms) has occured - then you need to decide:
- what you want; and
- how badly you want to get it sorted.
If you decide you want to go for it, then do: based on what I've seen you will get a fair hearing. The person I saw go through it emerged better for it - as did the others in their unit who saw that a wrong had been righted.
S41