I thought that this scheme had gone away ....
....a long time ago.
One chap I knew heard this being discussed in the bar at lunchtime (yes, it was a long time ago) and decided that it was a really good wheeze (he was a bit mutt and Geoff anyway). So at next annual medical laid on the "EH? DOC -speak up a bit". "Ooooer" says the quack best we do a proper evaluation.
"Very sorry Fred we'll have to withdraw your aircrew med cat. Buggah!!
He lost his flying pay for his last two years of service. Double buggah!
He was wingeing in the bar later about why people had thought it was a good deal.
It had to be explained in one syllable words that you did this pantomime on the DISCHARGE MEDICAL, not before.
However, as he is no longer with us I suppose that "de mortuis nil nisi bonum" should restrain my additional comments.
The Ancient Mariner