As most will know there’s only two substantive officer ranks in RAFAC, Pilot Officer and Flying Officer.
On completion of Cranwell the commission is gazetted in the rank on graduation and if you’re a PO you get another entry for promotion to FO, any promotion above that is an acting rank.
Does anyone know why promotion to acting ranks (Flight Lieut and above) are not Gazetted, when they are for regular and reserves?
Secondly why if their substantive rank is FO does the Gazette make reference to the acting rank of RAFAC officers when a commission is terminated or CFM or whatever else awarded?
I know that the current naming style across the MOD for medals is to use the acting rank without use of A/ or Acting etc. I would imagine we’re just an extension of that. Though I’m just jealous of anyone who gets their Fg Off promotion gazetted, or processed on SMS…
Interestingly, whilst i had been promoted when I went to shader, because of COVID I hadn’t done promotion courses by that point, so technically was an acting Cpl.
But its interesting that any medals RAFAC Officers receive have RAFVRT referenced on the form from the Medal Office… at least for those commissioned initially into the VRT AFAIK
@theunknown if your meaning on the QPJM MODMO letter even SNCO’s who never were VRT and also Officers who commissioned after the change to RAFAC and never have been VRT but only RAFAC officers were listed as VRT on the form. No idea why this happened.
Be careful, PO is the abbreviation for petty officer, and FO isn’t a rank I think, or it might be a bit old. I’m pretty sure it’s meant to be Plt. Off, and Fg. Off.
