Quiet Thread
Maybe the thread has quietened down for a very good reason, that reason being that those still in the military are too busy doing the jobs left behind by the defence cuts and the "leaning process".
Dont forget, with all the downsizing that has occured in recent years, it seems that the work load has not just stayed the same, but in some cases increased with continued and expanded overseas commitments.
If any pay award were to be realistic, then it would be 9%, the increase attributable to three persons, whose jobs are now done by one.
Dont expect this to happen of course, one can but only dream, I for one shant be voting Labour again, I will be once again stuck , trying to choose betwwen the lesser of all evils, in a vain attempt to get it right for once.