I agree wholeheartedly crab that the skill level of some of the ex mil tc is great but this is the commercial world. Companies will pay what they can get away with and they have. We will see what happens in the future in order to keep that level of skill set but at present they offered £x and got the required y.
Does this compare to an ex mil highly experienced pilot with many years under his belt going to work for NPAS for £50k?