My skipper, 50 years ago, observed that inflation of the day meant we would be earning £500k or some such in a few decades. Well that was off the mark.
In 1992, a colleague observed that our pay had just passed the £20k mark. (Flt Lt spec aircrew). Now, as a spec aircrew retiree, our pensions income is more than double that pay, and this in an era of low inflation.