Big Picture
I am pleased that at last AA are about to be paid in line with their commissioned aircrew peers. I use the word peers because for too many years now we have treated certain specialisation in the aircrew world with utter disdain. (I'm better than you etc).
I hope a 'common brevet' will allow greater movement of personnel throughout the aircrew world and maybe remove the snobbery that surrounds the employement of suitably qualified NCA to pilot duties.
Unfortunately, I have several reservations with the pay review. It seems from a read through that PAS FS/MACR will be barred from commissioning. This will probably drive our youngest and brightest out of the AA branches. Additionally, the empowering of MACR, irrespective of their abilities, will in my view be the most damaging result of this review. Without a commissioned voice in the future each and everyone of you is going to have no representation at that level and will almost certainly be left out of any decision making at squadron executive level and beyond.
This pay policy will turn you into well-paid button pushers, removing any hope of having commission representation in the future.