I passed out of Wallop in the summer of '86 as an NCO pilot. There were four officers and five (as you had to be then) SNCOs.
The NCOs went to squadrons flying around 300-400 hours a year. One of them went to NI flying up to 700. The officers were expected to fly less than half that. We got NCO flying pay, the officers got a much higher officer's rate which applied to all three services.
Mainly due to Maggie's "Options For Change" Forces Review, I did the compulsory four years and left. Since then I've been flying for exactly the same pay as anyone else with the same level of experience etc. The way it should be. And some of the posts here are on the money (excuse the pun), there are plenty of good paying jobs on the outside.
Now it appears that even with complex types like Apache to fly, all AAC aircrew are being shafted
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