Having recently handed in my PVR and told I would go on to half flying pay (I was expecting this anyway), it got me thinking about the rules on this.
Having asked around, I am told that flying pay is purely a retention pay and if so then I am screwed and whinge over. However if it is purely a retention payment, then why not just take the lot off me?
As I am on the bottom rate I now get just over £3 a day for being on a front line sqn and am also about to deploy to the gulf for Queen and country. (8th time) Meanwhile there are people who have been on ground tours for god knows how many years and are on middle and top rates of flying pay and they haven't seen a sandy place for some time. (excluding PA) Not really fair in my view.
Can I just do half the flights then or just refuse to do a Gulf tour? (I won't do that as I am a professional to the last day).
It's just like one last kick in the goolies for Queen and country.
Number-cruncher ....... One of your posts from 2008? Change of heart?