Redundancy - A Painful Road

Dawn McCafferty, Chairman of the RAF FF talks to Patrick Eade of BFBS Radio on the first phase of RAF redundancies. In her frank account Dawn suggest the first phase of redundancies is the beginning of a long and painful path. Dawn speaks of the concerns RAF family members have shared with the Federation and the need for the Service to take heed. She suggests there is an inextricable link between families and the operational effectiveness of the Serving person be that a wife, partner, the children, grandparents or siblings, calling them the bedrock of support who must not be ignored. Dawn also goes on to talk in-depth about the volunteers who were successful in their application to leave the RAF but also those who are going against their will, those who volunteered but have been told they cannot go and those who are not being signed on...More information »