Several years ago I was offered a job by Westlands within their Product Support Department. However, when hearing the terms of employment, I stated that the pay they were proposing was less than I was getting in the Service the response was "Well you are getting your Service pension which will make up the difference". The answer was "Goodbye Westlands".
And were those terms of service the same as those on offer to others without a service pension? Surely there must be something in employment law which says you can't pay an individual less just because they have a separate and completely unrelated source of income?