[stackskipton]

Flight Duty Pay applies to anyone in aviation rating that flies. I know how pay scale works.

In any case, Navy still gives out enlisted bonuses for certain rates, https://www.navy.com/careers-benefits/pay/enlistment-bonus and they have changed over the years. I also know certain rates were eligible for higher reenlistment bonuses when I dealt with it. So it’s kind of like rating pay in roundabout way that’s really messy.

That aside, paying by rate makes sense if you want to keep certain rates and had trouble doing it. Again, when I was in that world as nasty civilian, almost every CTN was gone as soon as they ETS because E-4/5 pay was laughable compared to what they were being offered outside the military. I don’t know what current manning looks like now.

[yamazakiwi]

I know you know how pay scale works, I was describing to those who don't that the Australian navy has different salaries for different jobs which is in contrast to how the US Navy scales their pay by rank and then you went on a tangent about pay outside the military and Flight pay, and incorrectly implied what I was saying was related or comparable when it isn't lmao