Rumour has it (well this is PPRuNe after all) that some Career Stream WSO Sqn Ldrs with 'specialist' skillsets (eg ASQ) who have had all previous requests to go PAS turned down flat, are now being offered the chance to transfer to PAS.
This is true. Quite a few offers were made and some were accepted whilst others were rejected buy those who were already minded to PVR, or at least could not accept the 'no PVR option for 5 years' RoS.
Not only that, under the NEM (New Employment Model) they are also being offered the chance to serve to age 60.
This is not true, at least not yet. In fact there has been some ill-judged statements from Manning specifically stating that no offers for PAS service to 60 will be made anytime soon. This has prompted some PVRs from the existing PAS cadre who are not protected by the 10 year rule.
We make it difficult for ourselves sometimes.