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| Air Force Wages Cut Amid Budget Challenges |
| 2022-09-08 |
| [military.com via newsmax] Enlisted airmen who toil in some of the Air Force's most difficult jobs will receive $900 to $5,400 less pay annually, beginning next month, as the service tackles financial challenges that affect the ranks, Military.com reported. Special Duty Pay (SDP) cuts are just the first of potentially many more cuts to come. Hundreds of service members will get cuts to their Special Duty Assignment Pay, known as SDAP, in fiscal 2023, starting Oct. 1. Those monthly payments, ranging from $75 to $450, were an extra incentive "to compensate enlisted service members who serve in duties which are extremely difficult," according to budget documents. "The cuts will be deepest on those who misapply their pronouns" "The Air Force saw an overall reduction of over $3 million to the FY23 SDAP budget based on fiscal constraints," service spokeswoman Laurel Falls told Military.com. "Due to the reduced funding levels, SDAP rates for 44 functional communities saw reductions." In the fiscal 2023 budget, the Air Force is asking the federal government for 30,845 airmen to receive the more than $90.2 million worth of Special Duty Assignment Pay, Military.com reported. It's a lower figure than the last two years, being cut by $1.5 million and around 500 airmen, according to budget documents, Military.com says. For 2022, the Air Force asked for 31,334 airmen to receive $91.7 million; in 2021, the service asked for 30,967 airmen to receive $90.8 million in Special Duty Assignment Pay, Military.com reported. The Air Force is facing a $3 million shortfall to the Special Duty Assignment Budget for 2023, according to the service. Air Force Headquarters held a meeting this past November to address the problem prior to crafting the 2023 budget, Falls told Military.com. Interesting that officer pay is not affected! Forgiving tens, possibly hundreds of billions of dollars in college tuition loans is apparently not a problem. |
| Posted by:Seeking Cure For Ignorance |
| #9 Raid the Defense Budget for 'Community Outreach' (AKA Leftist graft)...? |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-09-08 16:59 |
| #8 Sounds like a good way to get those recruiting numbers up. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-09-08 09:26 |
| #7 And who'd expect this absurdity from the USAF? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-09-08 07:49 |
| #6 About those retention rates... |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-09-08 07:47 |
| #5 /\ If you were a lawmaker, would you want to tell your cardiologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital he or she is facing a 'special pay' salary cut ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-08 07:14 |
| #4 #3 officer pay is not affected Yupp. Screw the grunt every time. Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-08 06:49 ...My understanding is that officer special pays are enshrined in law. Enlisted, however, are in regulation. You can't ignore a law...but you can sure as sh!t ignore a reg with the proper authority. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-09-08 07:07 |
| #3 officer pay is not affected Yupp. Screw the grunt every time. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-08 06:49 |
| #2 If this was happening in a unionized situation, there'd be a strike. In a non-unionized operation, lawsuits and other "actions." And either way, the dems would be fundraising on it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-08 06:44 |
| #1 I don't have the words to describe how furious I am about this. The USAF has broken faith, and is going to pay the price. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2022-09-08 03:55 |