I must say that it is really a shame the fact that a few of you are effectively getting 'screwed over' with this. If you joined (and by that I mean started IOT, as a bursary is not the employment guarantee many would have you believe) before the retrospective cut-off date was introduced, then I would keep pushing whoever is your current boss to get on the case for you, or at leat put his/her name to it. I know of people who have appealed against it and got their flying pay in the end, so use them as a precedent. Good luck!
PS: Spelling and grammar usage is important, typos can be accepted but using THROUGH instead of THREW is not the way you're going to get your cash! Or is someone fishing........