Airpolice
That is a very misleading post!
If you are on AFPS75 you can keep your lump sum whenever you have left.
If you are on AFPS05 you have some tricky sums to work out depending on when you left - try googling "AFPS 05 remployment" and look for an MMP document in PDF.
As for you cannot get a job at the same pay as as before - yes you can! What you can't do is earn more with your salary and pension combined. If you were a Flt Lt and became a Sqn Ldr then you would have all your pension abated, but you would still be paid the FULL Sqn Ldr wage, regardless of what you were paid before.
Lady W, +1 on your old man - he was a top bloke and I will forever have a kind thought for him in my mind. Such a sad loss and I hope he is at the gates with St Peter and welcomes me with a hand shake and "My dear chap!".
LJ
MMP here
http://www.raf.mod.uk/community/getm...662EFFE6F3C308