Ref:
DI 35/6
SAVING DARPATCH
Defence Training & suply Departme
2
From the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
To the Govemor, HUNG YONG
30 December 1968
Date
30. 715
29 free.
Anev
CONFIDENTIAL
SAVING DESPATCH
Our telegram No. 516 of 21 March and your telegram No. 399 of 31 March 1968.
Amortised flying training charges in
respect of british service Firing personnel
Her Majesty's
overnment have now decided that with effect from the 1st April, 1968, an elencat to cover, on 24 ortised basis, flying training expenditure will be added to the chargeủ vảich are nade for all "general duties" air crew loaned to other Governments. The background to this decision is set out in the enclosed explanatory Note.
2. You will see th: although these additional charges are to be levied with effect from the 1st April, 1968, Her Zajesty's Government do not propose to ask for them to be paid in respect of individum) pilote who are already on loan. The charges will only be raised in respect of the services of pilota who are required as replacements when those now on loan complete their current tours of duty. So far as Hong Kong is concerned, this means that the additional charges will not be rainc) until Flight Lieutenants Jeffrey.aad Kɔyes are replaced. Moreover, although Flight Lieutenant Jeffray (who was originally due for replacement in Cotobar, 1969) is being replaced unexpectedly early, the increased charge in respect of his replacement will not be raised until 1st October, 1969. Flight Lieutenant Xoyea is due for replacement in the autumn of 1969 and in his case the new charge will be levied with effect from the late that his replacement takes up his duties.
3. Paragraph 5 of the anclosed Note states that the additional charge in the case of a fixed wing or helicopter pilot is currently assessed at £3,500 per annus. Until about seven years ago it was the practice of the then Air Ministry to draw up periodically a full and detailed annual costing of the RAP Flying Training Organisation. Such an exercise was carried out in 1955 which has been selected as being the year most repres ntative of the time when pilots now on loan service were undergoing training. The amortised figure of £3,500 was arrived at by dividing the total cost of flying training in 1955 by the number of pilots passing through the Training Organisation, and then by the average number of years service hoped for from each pilet. As time goes on, however, the figure of £3,500 will need to be increased to reflect the upward movement of training costs. From April, 1971, to March, 1973, the figure will
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