Randomblah
I'm afraid FTRS won't save money if you want to replace Regular Aircrew - they would need to be deployable and that would mean FTRS(Full Commitment) which are paid 14% X Factor, get full medical care, are entitled to SFA and SLA (which are effectively Regulars' terms and conditions). FTRS(Home Commitment) do no time away from home and IIRC FTRS(Limited Commitment) can do up to 21 nights per year away. So how would they replace PAS and save money?
As far as I'm aware, PAS and those others on non-regular pensionable pay spines (like vicars, nurses, tooth farriers and lawyers) will just get the same pension deal of 1/47th (1/56th in real terms). Now this might sound good for those on PAS, butdon't forget that the new scheme is "career averaging" when it comes in, so those jumping from Flt Lt on FP to PAS will get their pension "averaged out" and so will get significantly less than those on the current PAS deal - probably closer to Sqn Ldr's pension rates than Wg Cdr that it is now.
Make sense?
LJ