KE130
yep, you are right, but he isn't in civvie street he is in the RAF and he gets given some extra money in his pay packet to encourage him to stay in. Having decided to leave, why should the taxpayer still pay him money to stay in? You tell me. Exactly the same as FRIs - you leave early, you pay some back.
I suppose that is the beauty of the current system. I have always advocated all aircrew having their own payscales with flying pay built in, and not an allowance. But if they did that, they would not be able to cut flying pay on PVR!