Pensions | Airmen / Airwomen Normal Rates of Immediate Service Pension Air Publication 3392 Volume 2 Leaflet 2004 - Annex A refers. The following annual rates of Immediate Service Pension apply to personnel whose last day of service is on or after 31st March 2002, and are subject to provisions of paragraphs 2 to 7 below: Airmen / Airwomen Normal Rates Numbers of Years Reckonable Service AC Aircraftsman Cpl Corporal Sgt Sergeant FS/Chf Tech Flight Sergeant Chief Technician WO/MACR Warrant Officer Master Aircrew   £p. £p. £p. £p. £p. 22 5,852 7,503 8,323 9,480 10,561 23 6,056 7,765 8,613 9,811 10,930 24 6,261 8,027 8,904 10,142 11,298 25 6,465 8,289 9,194 10,473 11,667 26 6,669 8,550 9,485 10,803 12,036 27 6,873 8,812 9,775 11,134 12,404 28 7,078 9,074 10,066 11,465 12,773 29 7,282 9,336 10,356 11,796 13,142 30 7,486 9,598 10,647 12,127 13,510 31 7,690 9,860 10,937 12,458 13,879 32 7,895 10,122 11,228 12,789 14,247 33 8,099 10,383 11,518 13,119 14,616 34 8,303 10,645 11,808 13,450 14,985 35 8,507 10,907 12,099 13,781 15,353 36 8,712 11,169 12,389 14,112 15,722 37 8,916 11,431 12,680 14,443 16,091 Additions to Pension Aircrew Qualifying Service. Personnel in the following categories: a. Those mustered as airmen (aircrew). b. Those ground tradesmen who have given service as Pilots, Navigators, Air Engineers, Air Signallers, or were in receipt of crew pay prior to 16 May 62, or have given service since, as Air Loadmasters, providing, that on 1 Apr 72 they had given, or were giving, service which under regulations in force prior to 1 Apr 72, would give them title to an addition of pension in respect of aircrew service, and who, on or before 1 Jun 72, were engaged to serve for longer than 12 years, will receive an addition to their pension for each year of aircrew reckonable service (and proportionately for days) at the following rates: Pilot and Navigator - £4.69 Other aircrew categories except Air Loadmasters - £4.17 Air Loadmaster (male) - £3.13 Air Loadmaster (female) - £2.61 These additions are subject to the total pension not exceeding 50% of the banded rate of military salary on which the pension is assessed plus long service pay. Previous Commissioned Service. Personnel who have had previous commissioned service which is reckonable for service, the addition to pension in respect of each year of commissioned service (up to a maximum of 9 years) will be £158.14 a year subject to a maximum award of pension of £16904.00. This addition will not be payable to officers with previous airmen service who retire as officers and opt for an airman's pension. Personnel who are eligible for additions to pension in respect of both aircrew qualifying service and previous commissioned service, the limit on the total pension is the higher of the 2 applicable limits given in paras 2 and 3 above. Calculation of Pension. In the calculation of pension any period of reckonable service of less than one year will count proportionately according to the number of days in such period. Personnel who have drawn pension during any period of service included in the calculation of the pension (other than future emergencies - see Queens Regulations, Chap 41, Sects 4 and 5), the pension accruing in respect of that period will be halved. Those airmen (aircrew) who opt not to assimilate to the 1989 career structure, although retaining their existing rank and engagement as at 1 Oct 89, will retain their time-conditional rights to the pay, pension and pension related benefits of any promotion to which they would have been entitled. However, they will not be granted the rank.