Realignment of AAC Flying Pay Rates (at last)
 

All change.

A paper has just come out stating that all AAC pilots as of of April 2008 will receive the same rate of flying pay from wings as their RN or RAF counterparts.

All those currently on the 'NCO' rate (?) will be brought into line at that point so all will receive what the AAC currently terms as Ac Comd pay.

Long overdue and well done someone for finally pulling their finger out.

However, no guidance yet seen for those of us hugely disadvantaged by the change/refocusing of policy that meant that mid-rate flying pay kicks in 4 years after a/c comd and not wings (as was the original point of this thread).

Many previous posts provide the detail but yet again having met and served with the RN/RAF counterparts from Shawbury on Ops all over that you realise yet again the amount that means and will continue to mean. Mainly as we are already 2 years behind on mid-rate (then higher rate etc...). Even better is meeting the many officers who have no intention of flying (let alone operationally) in the near future (or indeed since their first flying tour) yet are on or approaching enhanced rates of flying pay.

Not that that is frustrating. At all.

Any updates gratefully received....

Thats great news, what about the front crewmen? any update or are they still grouped as rear crew?

That is pleasing news; parity at last. Of course thinking selfishly it would appear that the 300ish people who were disadvantaged by this crass change in policy will still be affected. So everyone before the decsion was changed is "quids in" and everybody from Apr 08 will progress at the same rate as RAF and RN counter parts, thus are also "quids in". What about the blokes caught in the middle; backpay? I hope so but think not.

:ugh:

Any link to the document announcing this change?

Great news. I hope it isn't too little, too late.

Good news for all pilots on "P2" pay. At last we have the parity that should have been in place a long long long time ago.

I wonder where we would be, had a lot of people not bothered to kick up a stink about the change with the introduction of JPA?. I imagine this would not have happened untill DAAvn becomes part of the JHC in Sept?.

As for the people who did not recieve "grandfather rights", I imagine that this is just another reason to think about other employment options.

It is refreshing to see the changes making their way across the corps. In todays environment of high op tempo everyone strives to achieve, whether our achievements are sustainable is the big question.

Bofaboy said

BofaB

Backpay, that's brilliant mate - have you ever thought about doing stand up?

No link seen although anyone with an email account should have access to the letter that came out...

That Memo!!!
 

"BofaB

Backpay, that's brilliant mate - have you ever thought about doing stand up?

No link seen although anyone with an email account should have access to the letter that came out..."

A letter that subsequently turned out to be a waste of time as it cannot be actioned, maybe Daavn should looked into this a bit more closely as JPA has said "NO"........:rolleyes: