I don't know of anyone who thinks that an electronic system for submitting expense claims is a bad idea as long as it works. And I don't doubt that JPA will work in time. The point is that it should not have been rolled out until it at least worked.
I don't know of anyone who thinks the actuals system introduced under JSP thingy is a good idea. If the hierarchy want to understand what is retention-negative about the RAF then this is it. This system is turning 'Join the RAF and see the world' into 'Join the RAF and get f***ed off around the world'.
Replacing a system where SAC admin staff spend 10-15 min processing a 1771 with a system where the claimant - usually senior to an SAC and therefore more expensive to employ - spends an hour processing the same claim is hardly cause for celebration, particularly when the system has been introduced to save admin costs. Does anyone think that anyone apart from the most chiselling of commanders is going to make people do this in their own time.
At least its a sunny day out here (again).