As someone awaiting an OCU (who can measure their time holding in thousands of days) I am extremely interested to know what the cut off for not receiving flying pay until the end of OCU RoS is? I have heard everything from "not yet at IOT" though to "not completed an OCU as of Apr 1st 2017" on the rumour mill, but surprisingly not a peep from anyone official.
Having waited many years to get to an OCU it would be somewhat of a kick in the teeth to have the goalposts changed, especially given course mates on different types who are already receiving FP.
If anyone could shed any light it would be most appreciated.
NMHHHH,
The last major change (2005 IIRC) was went it changed from the old "72 weeks flying training" for the award of FP to "completion of OCU". Back then the change affected those who had done EFT on UASs (it was based on the EFT completion date) and was implemented using a date 2 years previously in 2003. This led to courses further down the pipeline where some were on the old system, in receipt of FP, and others, quite often whose service was identical to the day, were on the new system and 24-36 months away from completing an OCU. Fairness and any perceived "kick in the teeth" won't come in to it. Brace yourself for the worst case; any improvement on that will then come as a pleasant surprise.
