Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
BTW, did you realise, the carrier farce is probably the reason for the 1% Military pay freeze!
OAP
Not good with numbers are you fella?
Aside from the small fact that Equipment comes out of a different budget to pay - which might seem trivial when on a hobby-horse, but is actually important - you really ought to try comparing programme budgets and their annual impact. Here's a thought - did you know that the in-year spend for QE and F35 was no more than that for A400M & FSTA in 2015-2016 (last year that NAO published its very useful project appendices)? Or that more was spent on Typhoon (even then) than QE?
Some percentages for you :
% of in-yr EP budget (2015/16)
Typhoon 17%
QE 13%
A400 12%
Astute 12%
FSTA 9%
F35 6%
Complex weaps 5%
You might also find that QE ain't even in the top four most expensive programmes in the EP. Look elsewhere for your pay limit, but don't let that get in the way of a good tantrum eh?