Reserve Liability
Granted, the chances of non-current aircrew being called out are pretty slim.
Granted also, reserve forces legislation originates pre-WW1 and, while revised a number of times since then, had its last major revisal shortly before the end of the Cold War.
It is wrong to suggest, however, that call out is not going to happen to anyone leaving the RAF, or that call out is only possible in the event of a direct UK emergency.
Regular RAF reservists WERE compulsorily called out for Op TELIC - BBC NEWS | UK | England | Suffolk | Muslim reservist loses Iraq case
The current "FR 2020" (Future Reserves 2020) consultation is more concerned with the Volunteer Reserves but is also concerned with the Regular Reserves, including future changes to legislation. The consultation closes 18 Jan 2013.
Two of the questions in the FR20 consultation are:
Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Defence Policy and Business | Consultation launched on the future of Britain's Reserve Forces
Granted also, reserve forces legislation originates pre-WW1 and, while revised a number of times since then, had its last major revisal shortly before the end of the Cold War.
It is wrong to suggest, however, that call out is not going to happen to anyone leaving the RAF, or that call out is only possible in the event of a direct UK emergency.
Regular RAF reservists WERE compulsorily called out for Op TELIC - BBC NEWS | UK | England | Suffolk | Muslim reservist loses Iraq case
The current "FR 2020" (Future Reserves 2020) consultation is more concerned with the Volunteer Reserves but is also concerned with the Regular Reserves, including future changes to legislation. The consultation closes 18 Jan 2013.
Two of the questions in the FR20 consultation are:
Future Requirement for Regular Reserves
Q.7. For employers, would a more formal but limited liability for regular reservists affect your perception of the attractiveness of regular service leavers? Please provide reasons for your answer.
Q.8. For members and former members of the Armed Forces, how could regular reservists be incentivised to maintain their contact details to allow efficient call out when necessary?
Q.7. For employers, would a more formal but limited liability for regular reservists affect your perception of the attractiveness of regular service leavers? Please provide reasons for your answer.
Q.8. For members and former members of the Armed Forces, how could regular reservists be incentivised to maintain their contact details to allow efficient call out when necessary?
A.7. I would feel that the likelihood of a key employee being removed from the workplace would act as a disincentive to employing ex-military personnel. I must, however, thank you for bringing this matter to my attention; I was previously unaware that employing ex-service personnel carried this risk.
A.8. If you require me to to maintain the physical standards of fitness and medical preparedness, you would need to provide for this. Furthermore, you would need to offer training and continuation opportunites to ensure that I am actually worth calling up. As for contact details, I would feel less uncomfortable about it if the exact nature of my liability were made clear to me. You made me redundant (compulsary), so I think you made your choice already.
A.8. If you require me to to maintain the physical standards of fitness and medical preparedness, you would need to provide for this. Furthermore, you would need to offer training and continuation opportunites to ensure that I am actually worth calling up. As for contact details, I would feel less uncomfortable about it if the exact nature of my liability were made clear to me. You made me redundant (compulsary), so I think you made your choice already.
Thanks CM!
Interestingly and perhaps worryingly for some, the consultation paper - while also speaking of encouraging regular reservists to join the volunteer reserve forces - mentions relying MORE heavily than at present on the skills available in the regular reserve, in times of need.
See p.21 of the paper, 'Future Requirement for Regular Reserves'.
Interestingly and perhaps worryingly for some, the consultation paper - while also speaking of encouraging regular reservists to join the volunteer reserve forces - mentions relying MORE heavily than at present on the skills available in the regular reserve, in times of need.
See p.21 of the paper, 'Future Requirement for Regular Reserves'.
If you want official 'chapter and verse' then read the document at the following link starting from Page 2:
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/68DEE...UIDE_P4562.pdf
Your liability also depends on when you joined or changed your terms of service (Reserve Forces Acts RFA80 or RFA96).
I hope this helps
LJ
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/68DEE...UIDE_P4562.pdf
Your liability also depends on when you joined or changed your terms of service (Reserve Forces Acts RFA80 or RFA96).
I hope this helps
LJ
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LJ, See my post, #12 on the previous page. 
