New Commitment Bonus 1 Apr 09!

[number-cruncher]

Just read up on this CB in JSP 754. It is a varying amount from £5500 - £15000 depending on specialisation, rank and service for non-commissioned personnel. It comes into effect from 1st Apr 09 and applies to personnel who will have served 4 years or less. NCA can start payments at 9.5/11 and 13 years.

For the NCA branch this is stated as aiming at those who may be considering leaving at their first option point (12 years). If I am not mistaken, does this mean that for effectively 8 years from 31st March 09 they are happy not receive a commitment from NCA who can leave with no commitment incentive.
I know NCA get a retention bonus at 4 and 7.5 years approx. but they only have to give 18 months return of service which will be done by 9 years in. After this they are not required to show any further commitment and can leave no questions asked. Surely the aim is to attract all the current NCA as well to commit past 12 years and not wait 8 years from Apr 09 for this CB to come to fruition???

[getsometimein]

They can, yes... but its not worth much...

You take it at 8 years.. you get about 1500 and thats it... You wait till your 13 year point and you can take 15k... Quite an incentive...

Whats going to stop all us that joined more than 4 years ago from leaving though?

[dallas]

Whats going to stop all us that joined more than 4 years ago from leaving though?

Nothing - arguably the pension. It's been mentioned a few times on this forum that it's likely that since the dawn of expeditionary ops the hierarchy have decided they want to move from the 'job for life', relatively intransigent Cold War RAF, in favour of a leaner model that reflects the Army a lot more, and this makes sense in many ways. As well as the benefits of a generally younger, fitter airman, promotion could become as meteoric as the Army, ultimately encouraging retention, while the thrusters who signed up since 2001 are under no illusion as to where they're going to spending a reasonable proportion of their duty time.

While the hierarchy harp on about it when it suits, one intangible loss in changing the RAF structure is experience, which in aviation is priceless. IMO a model somewhere between the two extremes would be desireable, where some experienced personnel are retained, while allowing young blood to get on with the job - how to do that is the [£5500 - £15000 depending on specialisation] question.

[Spam_UK]

I'll be looking into this on monday when I get back into work, but in the mean time I thought I'd see if I could get the answer here.

I will have served as NCA for 3 Years and 11 Months on the 1st of April so am eligble for this new retention scheme. My question is, is that on top of the 4.5 and 7 yr bonuses, or instead of. Because I was quite looking forward to my first one in Nov!!

Cheers

[Arfur Dent]

What an unseemly, childish exchange that was. All of you should cease and desist. Nobody wins such arguments, least of all the participants.

[Spam_UK]

That was DEFINITELY a bite!!!!

[VinRouge]

Wadda whe waah....

Calm yourself down. It wasnt meant with any seriousness.

I suppose you are one of those that think that Harry should apologize as well right?

[glad rag]

Losers the whole crop of you!

[PPRuNe Pop]

After making quite a few deletions due to some disgraceful and unnecessary language from, I assume grown men, and even some with rank. I am closing the thread rather than wasting my time.

Someone can start another on the same subject but if another storm of foul mouthing abuse and childish rubbish occurs again it will not see the light of day.