Is this the allowances package review rehashed in a new story? Or is there an ACTUAL review going on into specialist pay going at the moment?
Thread started 4 Dec 10:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...llowances.html
Quotes the Torygraph then:
Qualified aeroplane and helicopter pilots, as well as specialist aircrew, can earn up to an extra £40 a day on top of their salaries even if their job does not involve flying.
Under the generous allowances scheme pilots are still paid the full "flying pay" for three years once they have left a "flying job".
The rate of specialist pay reduces to 75 per cent in the fourth year, 50 per cent in the fifth, 25 per cent in the sixth and ceases in the seventh. It is the same principle for all other recipients of specialist pay in all services.
It is understood that the Chancellor, George Osborne was said to be "staggered" to learn that extra pay annually worth millions of pounds was paid to pilots who do not fly and submariners who no longer serve at sea.