Originally Posted by
propfails2FX
BBC News - Pension reforms for military outlined by MoD
UK military pension plans were amended this summer. I work with a UK exchange pilot who was four months shy of the grandfather clause, and he will now have to serve five more years than originally promised to earn a pension.
The UK system is somewhat different than ours in that their folks tend to serve longer anyway, which means the condition are more tolerable (marathon vice sprint). They are certainly capable of superb military performance when needed, but they slow the pace a little when in garrison.
Thje US system typically requires maximum, even extreme, effort and committment thereby burning folks out sooner, thus the need for the 20 year pension. Few of us could handle the pace to age 60, and even fewer would want to.