mra4eng said:
Hope your redundancy payments are no more than you guys deserve.
I'm sure the majority of taxpayers wouldn't want to see their hard-earned money wasted on over inflated (and in some cases undeserving, I'm sure) redundancy payments.
I'm sorry - I'm still fuming at this remark.
I'm through tranche 1. I may not be so lucky with tranche 2. If selected for redundancy, I will be leaving the service just under 5 years from my Immediate Pension point.
Calculating the difference between what I would receive up to age 55 (if I can keep my job), versus my redundancy payout: I would get almost exactly 25% of what I had banked on for my future, plus a markedly decreased pension from 60/65.
For the sake of 4-and-something years, the RAF saves itself some cash and leaves me right up sh*t creek: trying to start a new career with a pittance compared to my original pension - that I have (to all intent) paid into.
I therefore hope this meets with your approval, you vindictive, petty minded, ignorant little gnome. I pay taxes too - and I'm not the only one in this boat.