I was not confused at all. Officer X was only offered figures on RCS - Life Comm is no longer an option.
With respect fobotsco, your original advice was not to commute anything at all. The dangers of being out for 13 years, eh? Times have moved on. Looked at the housing market lately - £30k may not be a bad deposit (investment) on property, but IMHO, more is better.
Whether or not RCS is a better perk than Life I know not, although, my experience thus far has been that when things change, they are not always in the Serviceman's favour. FV and others are right - the decision is very much a personal one. I would very much like a Lexus or a.n.other Gucci toy, but will be looking to close that gap on the housing market, I think. More a case of me deciding where I want to settle, as opposed to the Firm telling me where I can afford.
I'll get me coat (may rain later)!
[ 17 July 2001: Message edited by: Didntdoit ]