The Reserve Force is still being run like a charity- attendance based on commitment and goodwill of reserve and employer. The US Model provides firmer laws to protect reservist’s civilian jobs and, importantly to ensure attendance. The US model also is very attendance positive in that it pays two days’ pay for every day worked on weekends and has added bonuses such as tax free pay and very generous Per Dium allowances. The party line from UK is that they will not invest to that
extent......Then prepare to suffer with retention and struggle to recruit.
Payslips are an enigma most of the time.
The RAF does not seem to appreciate that the reserves is a secondary role - to work 5 days then 2 with reserves then your next week at work. I hear a lot of regular staff say “it’s only a weekend”. It is not. It is working 12 days without a break. This is NOT recognised in the pay rates/ bounty rates. The increasing number of things that must be “in date” to get bounty is ridiculous - 3 years ago it was fitness in date and 27 days done - now there are an increasing number of “annual tests” which we are told are “requirements” - even though there is very little opportunity to complete these tests - even less without travelling 200 miles each way (and of course, you must have business insurance on your car to claim your days travel). There is also a dispute to what is a “training day”, with some days worked “not bounty qualifying”?? This is much more of an issue as training days are reduced from 36 available per year, down to 24 per year. If the RAF considers that people have lives, family, holidays,
work...then this does make 27 days through the year a challenge for any professional people. I do not advocate a reduction in days - but an increase in opportunity to take part in training.
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