My pay went up by some 70% after I'd been in for just over a year. Went onto 2nd year Mid's pay, flying trg pay and we all got the 35% odd that Mrs T promised us in the May 70 election.
It all went to the brewers
Years later I was a Corporal sorting out my pay with the RAPC SSgt. He was most hacked off to discover that I was paid more than him