Can't see the £1.8M accrual being right.
Agreed, in many cases the correct figure is likely to be higher, in some cases considerably so!
Notional calculations of funding levels typically work at 5% (nice work if you can get it). £1.8M implies an annual pension of £90k, which at two thirds of earnings means current salary of about £130k.
And your point is?
Current basic top rate for a 24yr BA B777 Captain is £144,448 pa.
Instructors and checkers earn more, as do management pilots, and their CITV's will be correspondingly higher.
If these numbers are in fact right it explains a lot of BA's problems, pension and otherwise.
And your point is?
Please see previous posts from
ScotsAndy, Rainboe and
M Mouse for some enlightenment on the topic.