I see they're making a big deal about decreasing the LSA level increments from 300 days to 240 days in line with what they say is a typical maximum 6 month deployment plus workup. Well I may be way off, especially with regards to the army but 8 months away per det (Including training) to get the new level with the retention of the 10 day qualifying period (ie you can't go home at weekends during training and you can't do multiple short pieces of workup training) seems a bit steep.
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Changing from a 300 to a 240 day qualifying period between levels would better reflect common operational tours of up to six months (plus the required pre-operational training) thereby providing a step change in compensation between each major deployment.
Also if the levels have reduced to 240 days why is level 1 still 340 days?
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COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCES
LONGER SEPARATION ALLOWANCE Rate
£ per day
Level 1 (up to 340 days qualifying separation) 6.56
Level 2 (341-580 days qualifying separation) 10.25
Level 3 (581-820) 13.96
Level 4 (821-1060) 15.32
Level 5 (1061-1300) 16.50
Level 6 (1301-1540) 17.68
Level 7 (1541-1780) 18.84
Level 8 (1781-2020) 20.62
Level 9 (2021-2260) 21.80
Level 10 (2261-2500) 22.99
Level 11 (2501-2740) 24.16
Level 12 (2741-2980) 25.34
Level 13 (2981-3220) 26.51
Level 14 (3221+) 27.69
Ant
IIRC......A few AFPRBs ago, when they introduced these revised rates and conditions, they gave everybody who was in the mob a 'standard' 100 days as a starter. New recruits who hadn't depolyed were to start on zero.