danny said:
StixJimboRM said:
It's called LSA, and you qualify after a period of 10 days (i.e. if you are away from unit for 9 days you don't get it). It is awarded in levels of days earned already. Level one goes up to about 1350-400 days I think. IIRC there are about 6 levels. The first level is £6.64 or something like that, level 2 is just under a tenner and so on.
Hope this helps
On a ship its from day 1 or at least it was.
Have a look at JSP752, Chapter 5, shippers, its always been a 10 day qualifying period, and then backdated to day 1, but you wont get it if you are away for, say, 8 days:
JSP752 said:
e. Qualifying Separation (QS). Qualifying Separation (QS) is defined as 10 consecutive days or more INVOLSEP that is taken at a location that precludes return to the duty station, family home or permanent residence during normal stand down periods (eg weekends). For eligibility for personnel on board sea-going qualifying vessels see sub-paragraph 05.0103e(2) and for eligibility for those in OTR posts see paragraph 05.0114. QS does not start to accrue for new entrant officers until completion of initial officer training at the appropriate single Service officer training college BRNC, RMAS or RAF College Cranwell (but see paragraph 05.0124 for those Service personnel commissioned from the ranks). For new entrant non-commissioned ranks, LSA starts to accrue after 26 weeks of Service (on the move from new entrant rate of pay to basic pay level one or higher) or on completion of Phase 2 training, whichever is the earlier.
and the rates are (or were in 2008):
JSP752 said:
LEVEL
1 Aug 07 1 Apr 08
Level 1 £6.22 £6.38
Level 2 £9.72 £9.97
Level 3 £13.24 £13.58
Level 4 £14.52 £14.90
Level 5 £15.64 £16.05
Level 6 £16.76 £17.20
Level 7 £17.87 £18.33
Level 8 £19.55 £20.06
Level 9 £20.67 £21.21
Level 10 £21.79 £22.36
Level 11 £22.90 £23.50
Level 12 £24.03 £24.65
Level 13 £25.14 £25.79
Level 14 £26.26 £26.94