MOD updated us with developments related to the impact of cuts imposed by the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) on RRP. The cuts mean that when an individual applies voluntarily to terminate their service, entitlement to all forms of RRP ceases from the date of their application being approved. In our view, this policy seems unjustified for certain groups such as submariners who will still be required to be at sea after having given notice. This issue continues to impact morale and retention negatively, particularly among those who have served a full career or are on career extensions, and are expected to serve this notice without receiving any RRP. We were disappointed to be told in evidence that there were no plans to further review the policy at this time; we believe this to be misconceived and wholly unjustified and it should be given further consideration.
A quick read of this document clearly reveals that MoD is up $hit creek without a paddle. All those things which many PPRuNers warned about over the years, such as the wanton destruction of the widely-regarded excellence of the flying training system, the failure to maintain the hard-won military accreditation system for civil pilot licences and the moral blackmail of ending Flying Pay to those who PVR, have come home to roost.
As the idiots sowed, now shall they reap....
