Originally Posted by
CharlieMike
finningley- the RoS is nothing new at all. It's all clearly laid out in the JSP and DiN....commitment to RoS starts when you join a course and applies if you finish it or not. Clock starts ticking on the day you complete it or the day you withdraw from the course. Manning are nowadays very hot on making you sign the paperwork before you are allowed to start the course. In times gone by, they were a bit forgetful about the paperwork but would always hold you to the 'contract' based on a DiN being clearly published and available to read.
I've known some to challenge this based on not signing anything. The RAF reply was crack on, we'll see you in court.
Any change in terms and conditions of service (a change in RRP(F) during an OCU would be exactly this) would be exactly that, a change in your contract. The ROS is nota contract, but they treat it like one. Unless you have signed a change to your TCOS (e.g. The recent extension to age 60 via a signed TCOS) then the RAF would struggle to win that battle.
The last contract I signed was in 2003. 🙈
Anything else has had no basis in law.