Law Summary
Placement and Seniority in the Philippine Air Force Promotion List
- Total active commissioned service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) determines seniority among appointed officers and regular officers.
- Seniority rules consider both AFP and PAF service, with specific conditions:
- Differences in active service time in AFP vs. PAF.
- Reckoning PAF service from assignment date.
- Excluding service before Aviation Cadet appointment and guerrilla unit service.
- Reserve officers entering the Regular Force must have at least one more year of active AFP service than comparable Philippine Military Academy graduates.
Specific Rules for Pilot Officers
- Maintain seniority order among pilot officers graduating together from PAF or USAF Flying Schools as per their class standing.
- Group insertion just below the least senior regular officer of the same class, with conditions about deferred promotions and continuity of service.
- No appointment above regular pilot officers with longer active commissioned service.
Specific Rules for Non-Pilot Officers
- Cannot be appointed or placed in promotion list above non-pilot regular officers who have longer active commissioned service.
Grade Appointment
- Reserve officers appointed to the Regular Force shall hold a grade equal to that of the regular officer immediately above them in the promotion list.
Minimum Non-Pilot Appointment Quota
- At least 25% of appointments under the governing law and this order shall be of non-pilot reserve officers.
Effectivity and Duration
- The Executive Order becomes effective immediately upon signing.
- Appointment and commission rules remain in operation until the expiration of the two-year period provided under the governing Republic Act.