I'm just a simple bloke - how are the changes supposed to save money? We're trying to 'slim down' the RAF to 33.500; retaining a bunch of old gits from 55-60 means that we pay them 100% of their wage for 5 years instead of 50% for that period. At the same time, we're occupying spaces that some young thrusters could be in (cheaper, fitter, more deployable). Seems to me that HM pays for me to stay at 100% or go at 50%.
Did I mention the Military Covenant? No, neither did the Govt - probably cost a few quid, so they binned it.......
