Pension
My gratuity arrived in less than 3 weeks after discharge. You get no notification of when it will arrive in the bank account, so you need to keep checking. The pension was paid dead on time exactly one month to the day after I left. Life commutation took longer, as after nearly 40 years the RAF had lost my medical docs and I had to pay for another medical. However, the dosh turned up in about 3 weeks from submitting the paperwork. All in all, a better performance than JPA, which still can't sort out my pay 9 months after I left. I'd redress AMP but actually I genuinely owe them money and JPA can't work out how much. Another 5 years 3 months and it's mine to keep.