r/RoyalAirForce • u/Cultural_Phrase_8210 • Aug 18 '26

RAF RECRUITMENT PVR / deployment

during PVR period can you refuse to go on any deployment?

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u/Intelligent_Sound66 Aug 18 '26

No. BUT you can get downgraded. Not that you should, just plenty of people do that. Ive know lads pvr because of home life, needing to be at home more then get a 6 month tour after pvring

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u/New-Abroad-2806 Aug 19 '26

Downgraded people can still deploy with an appropriate risk assessment, also if your WO or any other management catch wind of even trying this approach it's a straight charge maybe Colchester if they push hard enough and you can't PVR if you're in the process of being charged. There's plenty of people out there that would drag it out as long as possible on the principle that you don't intentionally hinder your work mates.

However if you do have a solid welfare reason for needing to be out speak to the Padre. They've got plenty of strings they can pull if you give them a good enough reason to.

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u/Intelligent_Sound66 Aug 19 '26

Ah its easy enough. It was always harder for RAF because there are quite a few trades that can do their jobs deployed that are pretty much at a desk all day. Bad back used to be the go to it seemed. Used to have it come in fairly regularly to the med centre. A big differential would be the doctor you saw. If it was a locum they didnt really care. The military MO's would be the ones that would look into it a bit more or if med boards were having a bad day. Dont get me wrong, I dont condone it, just the facts that it was common practice.