Originally Posted by
Background Noise
Not the case - the 5 years RoS was in from the start of PAS when it was introduced in 2003 to those of us who were already Spec Aircrew - in fact those that did not have 5 years left till their 55 point were not allowed to go across to PAS.
You can leave before the 5 year RoS point but you get no pension supplement - for those who haven't bothered to read the links above, this is from the JSP:
For clarity, there was always a 5 year qualifying rule for PAS from the very beginning. If you left before the 5 year point you dropped back to a non-PAS pension. However, the 'new' AFPS05 rode a coach and horses through this as your pension was based on your highest pay in the preceding years - some took advantage of this.
As a result, they introduced the new vindictive RoS that removed all ability to leave via PVR in the 5 year qualifying period. The JSP may give the terms as to what happens should you leave in this period (eg via compulsory redundancy) but it is the RoS that stops people from leaving via PVR.