late-joiner,
Top piece of information thanks, you have just made my afternoon!
From the look of the example calculation just after para 0306, on page 1-3-3 (see
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7433E...rt1Amdtno3.pdf ), it would appear that, if you are receiving below inflation, or at least below the pension increase % figure, pay rises then the earliest of your last 3 years salary figure is likely to ultimately be the most productive in terms of pension calculation - an unexpected bonus in my case as some of my last 3 years will include the pay freeze period.
Given that there are no pay rises for the next 2 years, it is good to see that the pension calculation for those soon to leave under AFPS05 will not be as disadvantaged as would originally appear to have been the case!