The ammortisation (3 years) of an OCU is NOT written in stone. If you sign as accepting those terms that is your right (and your lookout). I know of a Flight Engineer, posted to ISK aged 52, who warned them (repeatedly) that he would PVR and a given point in time as he was entitled to a last tour of duty, and his choice was not the frozen north. PMA( no names..thick crewman) posted him anyway and lo and behold, 4 months later he PVR'd. PMA then tried playing the 3 year card, and this was rejected, because the guy had NOT signed the 3 year waiver of PVR rights. He was out within 3 months having just passed the OCU.
And before the moaners say "why did he do the OCU" The reason that he gave me was that he didnt want anyone else stitched up while he sat in Southern England on his last tour, he was prepared to go with a bang and give PMA(and said poster) a bloody nose. He succeeded. They were warned though.
