PORT DICKSON: The Malaysian Armed Forces'(ATM) request for a salary adjustment for its personnel will be sent to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said ATM was encouraged by the recent salary adjustment for the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) personnel.
"This makes it easier for ATM to ask for a salary adjustment," he told reporters after opening the Career, Education and Innovation Expo in Teluk Kemang near here Saturday.
He said ATM would use the PDRM salary adjustment as the yardstick adding a similar request was sent to the Public Service Department (PSD) when Najib was the defence minister.
"We will send it at a suitable time and when the economy has recovered and the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased."
Zahid was confident that the salary adjustment would be given although it might take some time. ATM has some 80,000-120,000 personnel.
PDRM's salary adjustment made 98,747 personnel happy with each pocketing home RM1,500-RM6,000 depending on rank and the salary matrix schedule.
On the aircraft crash in Sintok, Zahid denied that the Pilatus PC-7 MK 11 crashed due to poor maintenance.
"I don't like to jump to conclusion as studies found that the Pilatus had only minor technical weaknesses."
He said the Pilatus fleet would not be suspended as studies showed that it was a safe aircraft and that most crashes were due to human error.
The crash two days ago killed pilot Major Muhammed Zulrihan Jusof of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) based in Kepala Batas, just outside Alor Setar. - Bernama
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