Abbreviation 'AMA' - RAF

I have found and am digitising letters my dad wrote while in the Far East in 1946/7.
He had qualified as a radio operator during the war but after the war was sent to Singapore region. He talks about promulgation and uses the abbreviation AMA. I can't find what it stand for anywhere, any help gratefully received. I've added a sentence below to show how it's used.

'The April’s promulgation which came out last month I have already told you, AMA’s are stuck at 55 and so are redundant Aircrew. The next promulgation is due in 11 days time and so I am hoping that either redundant aircrew or AMA will go up two.'

 

From a contemporary (2008) list of RAF / MoD abbreviations:

From: https://assets.publishing.service.g...22e2221e/acronyms_and_abbreviations_dec08.pdf

Nothing on: FFYL - WW2 RCAF & RAF Acronyms, Abbreviations & Slang and WW2 Abbreviations and Acronyms | Researching the Lives and Records of WW2 Soldiers The usual places to check.

 

Hi,

Don’t recognise the acronym - always best to see the original document - but in context I think it’s use was possibly in relation to post war demobilisation.

Could it be ASG rather than AMA and 55 being the then current Age & Service Group demobilisation group?

Steve

EDIT TO ADD

If AMA is an RAF acronym perhaps Ross RAFCommands can assist.

 

Thanks for the replies, I have looked through all the abbreviation documents and can't find this one. I uploaded two of the letters where he used the AMA abbreviation. I'm pretty certain those are the letters used.

 

A class of personnel, possibly by trade and clearly regarded as of value to operations. Something akin to Advanced Medical Assistant. The '55' value is presumably a points based grading for a class of personnel on what was Python (many references here) and being returned home. Do you know when he joined up or was conscripted? Obvious one, what was his skill?

 

I am waiting for his service record but I think he was called up in 1944, he joined the RAF as a radio operator, but didn't see active service due to the long training. The war was over before he qualified. He was demobbed on return from Malaysia in May 1947.

 

AMA also crops up here, but with no explanation as to its meaning.

 

Where did you find that record, I've not seen one like that anywhere?

 

A standalone post by Gary68 in 2009: George Arthur Mars R.A.F.