§ Flight-Lieutenant Flemingasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that several pilot officers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who were promoted to higher-paid acting rank, have had to revert to pilot officer on being posted to another unit; and what steps he proposes to take to amend A.M.O.A., 490/39, so as to obviate such reversion?
Captain BalfourThe Air Ministry Order in question has recently been amended and provides that, subject to the rules regarding the relinquishment of acting rank generally, such rank need not be relinquished when an officer is posted to any appointment of rank equivalent to, or higher than, the rank of that which he vacated. This includes a super- 175W numerary posting with a view to filling such an appointment in a newly-formed unit.