§ 23. Mr. Attewellasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that men of the R.A.F., after several years' service as technicians, are upon remuster, placed as cooks with loss of rank and pay; and whether he will take steps to ensure previous rank and pay is granted in such cases.
§ Mr. StracheyIn order to try to even out the rate of release as between trades, we had earlier this year to remuster some tradesmen as cooks. These men retain the substantive or temporary rank they held formerly, and they retain the appropriate pay of that rank for 12 months. If by then they have not been released nor have qualified for a higher rate of pay in their new trade, they will be paid at the Group V rate appropriate to their rank. Suchcompulsory remustering has now been stopped.