Morris. I don't think NPAS are in a position yet to fight your corner.
If you think back to Winsor 2 then there were 2 elements which may have bridged the gap following the loss of CRTP
Recommendation 94 – An interim Expertise and Professional Accreditation Allowance (EPAA) should be introduced from April 2013. It should reward qualifying officers for the skills they use in the four stated priority functions: neighbourhood policing; public order; investigation; and firearms. The EPAA should be £600 per annum, and should be paid monthly. It should be removed when an officer leaves the qualifying role. The EPAA should be abolished when the Specialist Skills Threshold is introduced.
This was (as stated) proposed as an interim payment. The PAT has not accepted it and therefore no-one, even those within the four proposed policing functions, will receive it.
The long term plan to reward specialisms is covered by....
Recommendation 97 – A Specialist Skills Threshold should be introduced at the final pay point of all police officer pay scales up to and including chief superintendent, by 2016 at the latest. It should consist of a rigorous test of the specialist knowledge and skills required in each role and rank. The Police Professional Body should be remitted to devise the test.
...and further described and defined by recommendations 98 and 99. Recommendation 99 is of course the one that feels like the kick in the guts, as it refers to the table (table 9.6 if you're interested), that specifically excludes TFO's. However, the last sentence of recommendation 97 refers to the organisation which will actually decide which specialism can reach the specialist skills threshold and which can't!
Now the Police Professional Body, which has been set up to devise the test as described in Recommendations 97 and 99 is the
College of Policing. Headed by the Former head of the ACPO Air Support Committee, Alec Marshall. As that organisation has only just been established then it is very unlikely that NPAS High Command have been able to influence anything, and neither for that matter has anyone else. So I think you are going to need to be patient or trusting.