Why should NCO aircrew recieve flying pay! Iam sure any up and coming young thruster would do your job for no FP and just be grateful to be flying. Boys the 2nd world war has finished, the RAF can't go on living of the past.
Yes! I agree a pilot earns his keep but even if you dictated his/her terms and conditions prior to employing them they too would fly for no FP. After all they will leave the service with a few thousand hrs, which will stand them in good stead to seek a civil job.
With the exeption of the Flight Engineer, what else can other members of the RAF NCO flying faterity do in civy st--- F----l.