Not great for the ground branches. LOS35 all the way to gp capt, so a joiner at 18 would be out 7 years shy of a pension and a 22 year old graduate would miss full pension by 3 years. Make air cdre and employment is by assignment so no guarantees there either.
The latest pension draft has age 55 as the earliest you can draw a full pension, albeit actuarially reduced to reflect how short you are of the magic 60. As such, joining before the age of 20 appears to be a really bad move.
Any news of transitional arrangements for those currently in the flying branch and currently capped at age 55 - ie definitive offers of extension to 60?