£55K up to £75K to serve tea and coffee + massive FSP deals. Ryan and Easy thought that a little excessive. And you don't think that should have changed? The average is down to about £28K so not too bad ... except the old hands still keep theirs.
I think your figures are a tad exaggerated. I don't know of any cabin crew that earn up to £75K, however there were generous increments at the time which obviously help towards anyone's salary.