It does a remarkably good job given the circumstances
What circumstances are these
would that be the great and the good SO1/2s manning their desks and too preoccupied with their pet projects. At the same time keeping favour with DAAvn and hoping that the end of their own short postings hasten along before anything rocks their own career apple cart, but not so willing to put their heads above the parapet when it comes to standing up for the very people that HQ DAAvn should be trying to retain in the AAC and not alienate because of some short sighted penny pinching.
More worrying still is that their probably right and that DAAvn won't see a mass exodus of their experienced aircrew as these officers and soldiers all have their own careers with families to support to consider. In time this detrayal will be forgotten about and the new pay scheme will be all thats known, unless your one of those fortunate enough to be in a position to be able to leave now because of this last straw.
Unless you hope for this
it is the first stage of absorbing the AAC into the RAF