Just to clarify Gloria's post, what she is said is the response we received from the RAF Pay Colonel when the first redundancy tranche was announced.
We made the point to them that since it was the RAF who were curtailing these individuals’ careers and not allowing them to reach the five year point to have entitlement to the PAS supplement, then the criteria should be waived and the supplement awarded. The RAF Pay Colonel’s team at the time said that there were only going to be a couple affected and for such a small number there would be no adjustment to the rules.
So the FPS did indeed make representation about this but, as usual, it was the hard hearted centre that refused any form of compassion. Of course, what was not helpful was the fact that the redundancy tranches were all occurring when money was exceedingly tight and a major battle with the Treasury (because it is they who would have to sanction the matter) was unlikely to be won.