RP
My pleasure.
As you alluded to earlier, there are differences in the application of SP(F) between the Services, partly due to the historically different rank structures. I can see that that may be a bone of contention, especially since the principle of commom tri-Service regulations falls down in this area, with separate scales and rules on an individual Service basis. We light-blue aircrew Officers should perhaps reflect that Army/RM P2 Officier pilots are paid flying pay on the same scale as ORs at least until they have qualified as an aircraft commander. There is no similar application of "captaincy" pay in the RAF to cause a rift between different sets of pilots. Is this a good thing, or bad? You tell me!
Regards
Ginseng