Welcome to E-Goat :: The Totally Unofficial Royal Air Force Rumour Network
Join our free community to unlock a range of benefits like:
  • Post and participate in discussions.
  • Send and receive private messages with other members.
  • Respond to polls and surveys.
  • Upload and share content.
  • Gain access to exclusive features and tools.
Join 7.5K others today

PVRing

  • Following weeks of work, the E-GOAT team are delighted to present to you a new look to the forums with plenty of new features. Take a look around and see what you think!
Trending This Week
View More Trending
M

Max Reheat

Resident Drunk
1000+ Posts
1,378
38
15
I'm thinking of pushing the button next week and I have a couple of questions.

1. Can I get out quickly if I have a written job offer given the current TG1 manning levels?

2. Both my wife and I are serving and living in SFA. It was applied for and paid out of my wages. Is it simply a case of transferring into her name or will she have to reapply?
 
Max Reheat said:
Next question, is it worth getting BUPA health care?
Click to expand...
It's not cheap, I get it discounted via work and it's still £50 per person per month, although that is global (excluding USA). A guy at work priced it up without the discount and said it was a scarey amount.

Pre existing conditions are excluded for a couple of years as well, IIRC.

Good luck with the move, hope it goes well
 
Maybe

Maybe

Max Reheat said:
Next question, is it worth getting BUPA health care?
Click to expand...
If you get a decent discount and like any insurance you may be happier never to have to claim.
However my wife had some medical problems so it was great to jump to the front of the queue.
Your decision .................
 
Next question, is it worth getting BUPA health care?
Click to expand...

+ You break a lot more as you age and it's useful to have if you need surgery and live in a shiet NHS trust area.
- A half decent company will offer this as a benefit anyway (though you'll lose about £1200 a year tax relievable income)
 
Max Reheat said:
I'm thinking of pushing the button next week and I have a couple of questions.

1. Can I get out quickly if I have a written job offer given the current TG1 manning levels?

2. Both my wife and I are serving and living in SFA. It was applied for and paid out of my wages. Is it simply a case of transferring into her name or will she have to reapply?
Click to expand...

1. Written job offer is usually a green light to go.

2. straight transfer, no issues
 
I hate it when these sort of posts come round, making me think about the numerous times my hand has hovered over the 'career eject' button and I've chickened out. I'm only jealous, good luck mate!
 
Max Reheat said:
I'm thinking of pushing the button next week and I have a couple of questions.

1. Can I get out quickly if I have a written job offer given the current TG1 manning levels? That will be up to your Career Manager and it certainly isn't a given - I personally have seen more than a few applicants disappointed. Your departmental heads will have to confirm that they are prepared for their section to run light for a period of time until a replacement can be nominated after your discharge. However the decision to let you go will lie with your CM.

2. Both my wife and I are serving and living in SFA. It was applied for and paid out of my wages. Is it simply a case of transferring into her name or will she have to reapply?
Click to expand...
[/COLOR]Liaise with DIO who will provide you with the appropriate knowledge.[/COLOR]
 
According to the terminations clerk it will be down to my line manager if I could go early. Turns out I have 106 days leave including resettlement and terminal.

As as for the quarter it's a simple case of swapping P stat cats when I leave.

So with what I found out today I reckon the 1st thing I'll be doing when I get back to work in 2016 is pushing the button with a last working day about 4-5 weeks later. I could go earlier but I don't want to leave the section short of blokes until the new course comes through.
 
Max Reheat said:
I could go earlier but I don't want to leave the section short of blokes until the new course comes through.
Click to expand...

Let no good deed go unpunished.

Do what suits you, the powers that be would drop you like a hot potato if it suited them.
Good luck.
 
MAke a plan.
1. Count all the leave/ resettlement /house searching and course time that you can get.
2. plan your exit date at the end of the above
3. push the button for 2. above
4. after 3. arrange to start work at some point during that period and get paid twice for a couple of months.

No-one in the RAF actually needs to know your civvy start date. If they insist - your only on 'work experience'. A good employer might have you on work experience and offer a golden handshake when you have left the RAF. (same result)
Only the Tax Man needs to know your start date and he'll find out soon enough and wont worry about how much tax you pay.
 
Do what suits you, the powers that be would drop you like a hot potato if it suited them.
Click to expand...

Very true, but never forget your new employer will do exactly the same, with knobs on.

I am not trying to argue a case for the military, but just be aware there is nowhere to hide once you are out. You're on your own.
 
Rigga said:
MAke a plan.
1. Count all the leave/ resettlement /house searching and course time that you can get.
2. plan your exit date at the end of the above
3. push the button for 2. above
4. after 3. arrange to start work at some point during that period and get paid twice for a couple of months.

No-one in the RAF actually needs to know your civvy start date. If they insist - your only on 'work experience'. A good employer might have you on work experience and offer a golden handshake when you have left the RAF. (same result)
Only the Tax Man needs to know your start date and he'll find out soon enough and wont worry about how much tax you pay.
Click to expand...

Wise words indeed... I spent a few months in my office planning everything out, working out and checking dates, leave and resettlement balances, seeing what I could fit in and where and what I could take the RAF for.

Once I had got all my sh1t in a sock, and after a particularly crap meeting that reminded me just way I wanted to leave... I took great pleasure in those clicks to freedom, then walking into the Bosses office and saying 'Boss.. I've just PVR'd.... My exit date is xxxx and my last day in work is xxxx.. I'm off to see the resettlement clerk - bye'

The minute you even contemplate about leaving.. you already have one foot out of the door. That's the time you start working for yourself, not the RAF.


Oh........and if someone says to you 'its scary on the outside at first' smack them well and truly in the fcuking gob. Its not at all.
 
FOMz said:
Oh........and if someone says to you 'its scary on the outside at first' smack them well and truly in the fcuking gob. Its not at all.
Click to expand...

It's not scary it's just different. That freedom of choice knowing you are not beholden to any man
 
Rocket_Ronster said:
Let no good deed go unpunished.

Do what suits you, the powers that be would drop you like a hot potato if it suited them.
Good luck.
Click to expand...

Rocket Ronster is spot on, once you hit the button, you should not concern yourself one iota about your section, or indeed your fellow airmen. One day it will be their turn . This is your time, make the most of it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top