RetiredSHRigger, when I signed the dotted line the promised pension was £401
PER YEAR.. There was, IIRC, no mention of inflation and pay rises, if any, were on the recommendation of the Griggs Committee and paid over 2 years.
As food and accommodation was free the pension was paid on a smaller salary base.
One might consider Harold Macmillan's famous phrase of 'you've never had it so good.' Why, this year, Mrs PN has dropped out of the tax bracket entirely and we struggle to pay for our 5 holidays this year on top of the kitchen refurb.
I think the petition is simply pie in the sky and tries to show that the FPS is doing something.