we are one of the few occupations that have money left to burn at the end of the month
We may have job security, but we are also one of the few occupations that don't have LIFE security. There are no guarantees that any of us will arrive home at the end of each day or make it back from an op tour. We make that choice on a daily basis (and before anyone says it - yes you can walk if you so wish), but the point is that we find ourselves in a fairly unique set of potentially lethal circumstances. You can't make direct comparisons between what we do and what the vast majority of the UK populace do and are renumerated for.