I think that Flying pay will survive but only if you are in a flying job...not a flying "related" job but actually flying current.... if you are not flying current then I'm afraid that you are going to see a pay drop.
Boarding School allowance (or whatever it is called now).... is that safe?
Home to duties (again... whatever that is called).... Thats looking very Iffy...
You are correct that Flying pay is a retention bonus but other posters are correct....we don't need to retain aircrew...in fact we need to make them redundant.... there are a lot of Harrier and Nimrod aircrew looking for jobs....