TOFO - Sorry
, but this is PPRuNe - thread drift rules - ok?
(BTW what's this word " thru' " ? )
Once a brat - yes it's the very short term people I'm thinking about - not sure about now but there used to be a lot of very short engagements - people signing on for five years with no pension entitlement whatsoever but receiving the abated salary nevertheless. I'm one of those you quote - ended up with 9/16 of the flight lieutenant's pension which I would have got if I had stayed until my 38/16 point. Quite happy with that.