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I t 's al l in t he a i r . P l ans f or t he Navy t o t es t an a i r sh i p i n l a t e summe r have been she l ved because o f damage t o t he c r a f t i n an acc i den t . The 164f t , l ong Br i t i sh-bu i l t c ra f t was t o have been t aken t o R , N. a i r s t a t i on Veov i l t on t o a l l ow t he F l ee t A i r Ar m t o become f am i l i a r w i t h i ts hen d l i ng. Poss i b l e f u t ur e uses a r e f or an t i - subma r i ne , f i she ry pro t ec t i on and o i l po l l u t i on pa t ro l s , The ques t i on o f t he t es t s i s t o be r ev i ewed when t he c ra f t i s success f u l l y f l y i ng aga i n.

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As Serv i ce membe r s ca l cu l a t e the i r pe rsona l budge t s i n t he l i ght of t he 24 . 2 pe r cent . ave r age pay r i se , hopes a re now f i rm l y p i nned on t he awa rd prov i ng an a t t rac t i ve re t ent i on i ncent i ve unt i l t he t rue compa rab i l i t y t arge t i s ach i eved .

When t ha t w i l l be i s no t ye t known - a yea r a t t he l a t es t , poss i b l y soone r . I n i ts 1979 repor t , pub l i shed i n m i d-Apr i l , t he Ar med For ces Pay Rev i ew Body c l ear l y recogn i zed t he now we l l -documen t ed prob l ems i nc l ud i ng " ove r s t re t ch " and se r i ous manpowe r l oss , I n i ts r ecommenda t i on t he Rev i ew Body sa i d , " I f t he ; 1 i !1. I t i i i Gove rnmen t we r e t o dec i de i n t he l i ght o f ou t s i de pay ev i dence gene r a l l y tha t some i mprovemen t on t he comm i t men t cou l d now be made , we wou l d see th i s as en t i re l y cons i s t en t w i t h t he sp i r i t o f our r ecommenda t i on l ast yea r , when we saw Apr i l 1 1980 as t he l a t es t accep t ab l e da t e f or t he r es t or a t i on o f fu l l y up- t o-da te m i l i t ary sa l ar i es . " I mmed i a t e fu l l up-da t i ng wou l d have i nvo l ved an ave r age i nc rease o f 32 . 5 pe r cent . I n r esponse , t he Gove rnmen t sa i d i t wou l d fu l f i l i ts unde r t ak i ng unde r t he " s t ag i ng " The k i nd o f week l y i ncreases (be fore a r r angemen t s . Th i s means r i ses t ax) wh i ch t he Serv i ces pay awa rd w i l l r ang i ng be t ween abou t 21-29 pe r cent . , l eav i ng a shor t f a l l i n many br i ng ra t i ngs is as fo l l ows : F l ee t ch i e f s , cases o f abou t s i x or seven pe r abou t £28 ; ch i e f s , £25 ; POs , £22 ; l ead i ng cent . ra t es , £20 ; ab l e ra t es , £14 ; ord i na ry Sa i d t he AFPRB , " I mp l emen seamen , £11 , t a t i on o f t he ' second s t age ' These a r e ve ry gene ra l f i gures and t he re i nc reases w i l l undoub t ed l y do i s a numbe r of var i a t i ons , w i t h f ac t ors l i ke much t o res t ore Se rv i cemen ' s t ype of engagemen t and pay sca l e p l ay i ng S Con t i nued i n back page t he i r par t .

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And he r e a r e t he new r a t es For many sa i l ors paymen t a t t he new ra t es , i nc l ud i ng back pay t o Apr i l 1 , w i l l be made i n May. A f ew r andom examp l es o f new da i l y ra t es a re: Ar t i f i cers / Mechan i c i ans / Techn i c i ans: F l ee t Ch i e f (Ca r ee r engagemen t ) , £20. 25. F i rs t c l ass Ar t I Mech I Tech ( I n t e rmed i a t e ) , £17. 99. 3rd c l ass Ar t i f i cer ( I n t e rmed i a t e ) , £13. 18. O t he r br anches : F l ee t Ch i e f (Ca ree r ) , £18. 89. CPO (Ca r ee r / Sca l e A) , £17. 29. Pe t t y O f f i ce r ( Ca r ee r I Sca l e B) , £15. 44 , Lead i ng ra t e (Ca r ee r / Sca l e A) , £14. 43. Ab l e ra t e ( I n t e rmed i a t e / Sca l e A) , £11. 38. Ab l e ra t e (Uncomm i t t ed / Sca l e C) , £9 . 63 , Ord i na r y ra t e (Uncomm i t t ed / Sca l e B) , £8 . 10.

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VAR I AT I ONS Pe r cen t age r i ses va ry , w i t h " Ca r ee r r a t e " t echn i ca l f l ee t ch i e f s , ch i e f ar t i f i cers and 1s t c l ass ar t i f i cers ge t t i ng 29 pe r cent . , wh i l e i n non- t echn i ca l br anches f l ee t ch i e f s , ch i e f s and POs rece i ve i nc reases o f 26 or 27 pe r cent . , l ead i ng ra t es abou t 25 , and ABs 22 . For of f i cers t he r ange o f annua l i nc reases i s as fo l l ows: Cap t a i n , £2 , 306 to £2 , 729 ; Commande r , £2 , 086 t o £2 , 331 ; L i eu t enant Commande r , £1 , 646 t o £1 , 975 ; L i eu t enan t . £1222 to £14RI1 Sub-L i eu t enan t , £738- f l , 030. Some examp l es o f t he new ra t es w i t h pe r cen t age i ncreases i n beke r a t s ) : Cap t a i n (a f t er s i x 0 Con t i nued i n back page


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