[QUOTE=Spit the Dog] and I know people will not vote with their feet,
Sorry Spit, you've got it in one.
Some win, some don't, but no one gets paid any less.
Is it any less fair than a FS, acting paid MACR (who is A grade, in a PIC, doing the job, but not promoted because of quotas), who is then offered PA, only to get a pay cut as he transfers on his substantive rank? Short term pain, long term gain.
Sorry mate.