ICBM,
I don't disagree with your logic, but why pay anyone FP at all, for the last one gusting two years of their commission - are they really going to leave then?
I would argue that the answer is no. The pension is retaining them, so zero FP would be....struggling for the word....correct(?). Someone leaving, is someone leaving, PVR or not.
Equally - PA spine who PVR...removed from PA spine?
I would struggle, myself, to take a significant pay cut and still offer the military the service it currently gets. Shamefully, maybe, but if the military cut my FP it would probably find that I started to forget the subject matter, stammered a lot in meetings and referred to Janes whenever anyone asked me a question.