The bounty should be linked to performance rather than attendance. Merely attending selected weekends does not indicate operational competence.
Not enough admin staff to cope when sickness and deployments kick in. Full time RAF support not good enough. There should be another full time reserve post on the squadron to assist. This is not instead of the full time RAF staff
Pay and allowances have become a nothing more than a mockery. I find it difficult to believe that it has become so complicated to even receive your basic pay on time or at all. HTD allowances not being paid for over 6 months - and being told it is a system error month after month is what I can only assume to be a cover up for someone’s incompetence. As a Reservist, JPA access is not generally a viable method of claiming allowances because, for example, I would have to conduct a 120 mile round trip to claim them. To then have to claim the HTD. The system currently is a farce and I strongly believe being a Reservist is perceived as a hobby and not a part time job and our income is not seen as important as a Regular.
Administration at Sqn level is first class. Admin by PSF is lacking, they fail to understand that the Reserves have limited or no access to JPA, MOSS, etc.
Since joining the Sqn I have lost over £12k & can no longer afford to be part of the Sqn so reluctantly I’m being forced to leave
The general pay should definitely be increased... This weekend for example. I worked an intense 19 hour day and was paid £43 ... This works out to £2.26 per hour... This would be unacceptable in a civilian environment and is not a great retention incentive for PTVR’s.
Bounty: the annual award should be incremental with an increase after every 5 additional years’ service - currently it is capped after 5 years and there is therefore no financial incentive for PTVR to stay further than 5 years. This is exacerbated by the recent introduction of ex Reg Pers joining as Reservists and receiving £10,000 after 3 years’ service. PTVR bounty needs restructuring in line with this initiative. Home to Duty: pence paid per mile is far less than HMRC guidelines and should be increased accordingly.
Reservists are not entitled to LSA for ex deployments whereas their regular counterparts are. This is because MoD believe that as a reservist you volunteer to be separated from your family! There is a lack of parity of treatment across the pay field including X Factor and it is part of service which makes me as a 30 yr served ex regular officer a second class person.
It is extremely difficult to keep track of payments, as allowance claims do not appear on a payslip, and just randomly get added to one’s bank account without detail on what has been paid. Some of the admin is excessive - claiming mileage allowance for travel in one’s own car requires a whole host of paperwork, to confirm that military transport is not available. I have missed out on several claims for travel because this paperwork was not processed in time by the squadron admin staff.
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