So let me get this right,
As an Army AH pilot, working my self and family into the ground, if I wanted an FRI I would have to see if I could transfer to either the RN or RAF?
And all this because of the draw down of Gazelle and Lynx.
Hang on a minute - even if the other 2 services wouldn't accept my transfer, I am certainly not working the routine I am now and will be asking to go back onto another aircraft type where the pace of life isn't so damaging.
Or I could just stop whining like an Astazou and face the fact that lights are on but no one is at home and accept that no one is listening or cares and just sign off and go to CHC or Netjets.
If there are any any ex-Army guys in the other Services, did you keep your pension and were you also entitled to the FRI? Have any WO/NCOs made it through the wire?
This is another reason why we should just go Joint - one rule, one job, one company, one Boss - not the deviscive inter-Service stuff that this highlights.