I get
What you get at retirement will mainly depend on:
- the age at which you retire
- your Retiring pay and Pensionable service
- your pension build up rate
- any Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) you may have paid
- any government benefits from the State Second Pension (S2P).
| When you can retire | |
| Normal Retirement: | Normal Retirement Age is usually age 55 for Flying Staff and age 60 for Ground Staff. |
| Early Retirement: | If you retire before your Normal Retirement Age - from age 50. The government increased the minimum age for early retirement to age 55 from April 2010. However, APS members who leave British Airways and draw all their pension benefits straightaway - including any AVCs and Scheme benefits from previous BA Schemes - can continue to retire at or after age 50. |
| Ill-health Retirement: | Anytime before Normal Retirement Age or age 63 if you were Ground Staff on 1 December 1989 and are still Ground Staff. |
| Late Retirement: | Anytime after Normal Retirement Age. |
| State Pension Age: | Men - Age 65 (rising to age 66 by October 2020) Women - Age 60, if born before 6 April 1950 Women - Age 65, if born after 5 April 1955 (rising to age 66 by October 2020) or between ages 60 and 65, depending on your date of birth, if born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1955. |