Salary Calculations
When I entered the Police/HEMS world it appeared very obvious how the salary offer was calculated. Current military wage (pa) minus military pension (pa) = Salary Offer! (almost to the £). Yes I accepted the contract but, with 24 years of employment coming to an end and a further 14 years of mortgage still needing payment there was a sense of relief to have secured another job. It has been said that the salaries and renumerations are good considering an IR is not required for Police Ops. Is this based on the fact that they cost a fortune to obtain if they are not done as a short course on leaving the forces? I believe that there will be a shortage of pilots for these roles in years to come as ex military types use the fist full of £'s given by the military to obtain their IR's and disappear to sit as co pilots off-shore waiting for a chance to get a Captain's position and the extra wealth that comes with it. And before anyone shoots me down as having a go at these guy's I am not!