Arty - Dad's gone, so no.
Front end aircrew are all on the same rate - in fact NCO aircrew (front) get more as they stay in trade up to enhanced normally. The only difference is PAS - L22 for NCO and L35 for Officers; this looks as if there will be a change soon (L28 for NCO)
IT IS ABOUT COST - not the paranoid concerns of the Officer class. We will not decide whether NCA become Commissioned or they remain NCA and end up in the front. Chaps get over your petty idiosyncratic parochialism and find the best solution for us all to remain in a job before FRA gets the Military contract – Arty (aren’t they deaf??) – some big words to prove I am older than 12 3/4!!!!!
I am not having a go at any opinions or persons (maybe a little retaliation here and there) - just pointing out the system may decide soon regardless of our wishes. We may need to embrace it or go.