I've just been through all this nause. I leave on 30 Nov and start the next day as a simulator instructor at the same place. I will be a C2 CS. All this equivalency crap is just that. I have decided to leave because 25 years in the RAF, two marriages, 14 MQs, a total of 7 years overseas and a very tight No 5 is enough for anyone. I like the job but hate the bull**** so I have taken the option that allows me to keep the good bits and discard the rubbish.
The interview was painful to say the least because they had to find an SO1 equivalent (
) CS to interview me because my Line Manager (Ex student of mine) was of the same status (
)
The documentation I have been through is pure torture. Pages and pages of gloop written by god knows who.
I have taken a big drop in earnings (even with pension) but I get the added benefit of regular hours, flexi time etc. It is a good deal and any CS who bleats about how hard they work is talking pure hoop. It's a cushy number and I can't wait.
So there.