PES(A)
Count,
just to add to your figures.
On 07/08 rates a WO1 (level 7) on enhanced flying pay would go straight to level 22 on PES(A) and stay there, potentially for 10 years.
It's actually no difference to what happens before PES(A), I have been marking time on level 7 WO1 pay for 5 years now, the problem is that until (if ever) I get onto PES(A) none of my addpay is pensionable. Spookily enough my period of continuance runs out the day before I qualify for PES.
I can't think of any reason why the AAC accepted IPP+5 as a starting point for NCO PES(A), surely the starting point should be IPP at the very latest, with IPP-5 being a much better retention factor.
To be honest I am one of many people that believes we get paid a fair wage for what we do, especially at my level. What isn't fair is the disparity between services for those people doing the same job.