Basic economics, the companies will pay what the market will accept.
If guys coming out of the RAF (or RN or AAC) want to stay close to where there family is settled (eg Wattisham, Leuchars, etc.) and a job comes up that pays, say, £25K and they do there sums (wage + pension - outgoings = enough) then they are entitled to take it.
Some people may not like what they see as "exploitation" but is a business in the civvie world and if a company can employ the calibre of people they want, where they are needed at a wage they are prepared to accept then good on them. It's a free world.
Last edited by Sonic Bam; 26th March 2009 at 06:01.