Utter rubbish. Most of the pilots started on way less than that and lots had to pay a 30k salary sacrifice over 3 years. I was earning a lot less than I would have on PAS.
Then you are not very representative of those who I worked with in the Mil - yes, they had to fund their own IRs but those figures were what was offered at the interview stage.
Did you go straight in as a SAR captain with 5 years plus UKSAR experience?