I hope that whilst the service as a whole benefits from a reasonable in line with inflation annual pay increase this year, I also hope the airships come to their senses over aircrew retention.. .Despite the abuse I received for my last posting, and the purile responses I stand by my views.
Aircrew are hardly leaving in droves at the moment, and conditions such as living in tents don't justify whopping pay increases. This is a military service and all on dets must suffer hardships - even us adminers. Navy types have to hot bunk on shift work. We need to keep aircrew in the service, for sure, but why extend the budget when they aren't leaving in sufficient quantities anyway; and also this is an unproven method that may not work.