Pay During Training - Accomodation & Food

[Finnigan]

Hey everyone, been browsing the forums for a while now and found a fair bit of decent gen.

One thing i've not found an up-to-date response for is about pay during training.


On the RAF Website, it says for NCA (i'm joining as ATC SNCO DE)

Pay during first sixth months of training : £13,895

Pay for remainder of training: £27,051


Couple of questions:

How much comes out of your pay for accomodation and food while at Halton/Cranwell/Shawbury?

When does this sixth month time period start/finish? (i.e is it literally the day you sign up until exactly 6 months later)

Would training be classed as finished at the end of shawbury (then go onto full pay once graduated)?


Cheers in advance for any responses!

 

[enginesuck]

Do you have a start date ?

 

[Finnigan]

Do you have a start date ?

Not yet! Just forward thinking about whether or not i'd be able to cover my bills during the initial training period.

 

[LilStill]

At Halton you will be paid the New Entrant Rate of Pay (about 14.1k) and food charge is about £120 with accomodation about £20. If for whatever reason you are still an AC at 6 months - your pay will rise to ~17k. Once you move onto Cranwell to do the instant Sergeants course, you should move onto Sgt pay at the completion of that course. I'm afraid I don't know about Shawbury or Cranwell charges.

 

[Finnigan]

Awesome, cheers for the info gents. Should be able to survive for 6 months!

 

[84scouse]

Cranwell will have the same charges as Halton, but RAF Shawbury is CRL (pay as you dine), so there are no charges for food, only accommodation. Core meals are charged at (approx) 1.20 for breakfast, 1.45 for dinner, and 1.86 for tea. There's then supreme options too where you can spend a bit more. Accommodation charges at Shawbury should be the same as Halton & Cranwell.

 

[Hannibal]

At Halton you'll get about 900-950 after the deductions. Cranwell you'll get the same however there's an extra payment of around £40 per month which entitles you to all the extra bits and bobs in the mess. You'd progress onto the next pay scale after finishing Cranwell and then again after finishing Shawbury.
I'm currently finished at Halton on satt waiting to go onto Christmas leave, doing the same course as you hope to get your teeth into! Cranwell next for me DT_Xtremez_31:

 

[84scouse]

Hannibal I may know you then... how long have you been on SATT?

 

[Hannibal]

on SATT since 28th of Nov, finished now though since Xmas leave tall guy, you can't miss me DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[Finnigan]

Cheers for the info lads. Whens your NCAITC start date Hannibal?

 

[Hannibal]

Sorry for late reply... Started on 05 Jan 13 so pretty much halfway through now