FTRS Jobs not being rank ranged
The lack of opportunity to work in the UK day to day with the RAF and gain the perspective of my regular counterparts
Stop calling me a reservist; I do more OP deployments, more Exercises than some of the so called regulars. Lack of understanding of all other commitments outside the Reserves. Not enough opportunities to deploy. The lack of requirement for me to work at the professional level I did as a regular. The pension abatement
Over emphasis on fitness states and penalties when none of this is part of SJAR or bounty requirement, plus lack of support to maintain fitness unlike for regulars. The bureaucracy involved regarding medical requirements Being allowed access to the Medical / Dental services afforded to Regular RAF Personnel Being mistaken for the Army Reserve!
JRs have a much clearer career path. The potential for officer promotion in the other two Reserve Services is better. Some Reserve personnel are happy to stay at the rank they joined at and have no ambitions to progress up the rank chain.
I am a WO the lack of a Commission Warrant Officer scheme for Reservists causes a block for the rest of the ranks.
The expectation from the regulars, that we can just take time off from the day job during the week to carry out RAF admin that cannot be carried out at weekends.
The fact that I have to abate a large part of my RAF Pension.
The fact that FTRS is/are treated differently to regulars with regards housing, medical, dental & travel.
I would like to see/experience more cross (reserve) squadron integration and even across Naval and Army reserve integration.
The fact that my civilian trade (paramedic) has no parity in the RAF’s eyes with nurses when the NHS treats the two trades at least equally. Also the RAF’s understanding of the skillset of the paramedic is woefully behind the times. They seem to treat paramedics as basic medics (no slur intended).
Administration: It is difficult to access anything from home and I live 3 hours away from my base so I find that admin builds up and there is not always time to do it on a squadron weekend.
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