BEagle
'The best that the government can now do is to provide these poor sods, whose loyalty, flying skills and personal qualities are utterly exemplary, with some form of compensation for the situation they now find themselves in.'
Sorry but exactly how do you know that these individuals have exemplary personal qualities - is this a new test at Cranwell I was not aware of? As aircrew I can understand and commend your wish to look after other memebers of your fraternity but you cannot expect the UK PLC or the MoD to single out one Branch for preferential treatment - exemplary personal qualities or otherwise. All individuals who find their career aspirations extinguished should be treated in the same (and hopefully) correct manner.