I smell the interference of the pollys. RAF Tranche 2 announcements had already been slipped to coincide with that of the Army And Royal Navy so there was only 'one day of bad news'. I suspect that they wanted to push it further to the right hoping that Libya is over, also I am sure people above are correct - the more that PVR the cheaper it is; no redundancy, no specialist pay during the period and the reduction in pension because you have PVR'd (standfast all over 49). I wonder how many extra times the brass bell will ring at Hot Air Command this week?