Remember in the ASP brief they were very guarded about the actual figures for the new pay scheme? Well, that's because you would quickly realise you will be no better off if you sign on to this 'career officer stream'. Yes, you might have a nice little 'bonus pay' one year, but then it all goes away because of 'market forecasting'. If this all sounds like smoke and mirrors it is! It has not been designed to give experienced guys more money, but to retain those people who have not even joined yet. The system has also been designed to save the government money. While they may need to pay temporary bonuses to the future crowd, they won't have to pay as much super. What a win for the government!
Any officer aircrew already in the RAAF would be totally mad to sign on to the new scheme, because they will move to pay group 10 regardless of what happens. If you stay as a FLTLT or SQNLDR in the new scheme you don't go any higher than PG8, and all of a sudden your super is starting to look much sicker.
It was all too good to be true. If you are a supervisor, it is essential you tell your junior aircrew not to sign on to the new system. The more people who are duped by the prospect of short term bonuses, then the more money the government will save, and the less super your bograts will get.
The specialist aircrew scheme also seems to be a scorpion with plenty of stings in the tail. You would need to be very careful before signing up for this, because once you're in, you can't get out. If you are a QFI at SRG or ALG then could you really handle another 20 years in the Simulator as a FLTLT? Eventually you become stale and nobody listens to you.