LB; I would suggest that your `man in London` may have overlooked the point that most ex Spec Aircrew Flt Lt pilots accepted PAS, (which by its very nature was designed to decouple pay from rank), because of the guaranteed salary increments, year on year, to level 35 thereby providing a continually rising income over and above any annual pay increase granted (or not granted!) by the government. If level 35 was not a possibility, many pilots would probably not have signed up for it in the first place and moved to the airlines. Furthermore, the `cap` at level 30 would involve a change to conditions of service (i.e. the initial `PAS contract` that we signed up to - not to mention the significance of level 35 on the hugely important AFPS75 vs AFPS05 decision) and so `reserved rights` must surely apply otherwise legal challenges would have a very high chance of succeeding.
StopStart - any further thoughts? Clarification of your discussion with the `desky` (P.C.?) would put many minds at rest .....
Last edited by Stanley Eevil; 11th Mar 2010 at 16:40.