Thanks for the details Leon. I had an FRI and was sad to see the taxman take pretty much 50% in tax and NI. Looks to me like a just below age 30 Flt Lt Pilot will be getting roughly 50k in gross pay. How does the "not independent pay review board" (bored?) square that with the £100k+ benefits of a less than age 30 Airline Captain?
If the fairness of Service life and payscales stand on their own merit, why do the Gov/MOD continue the farce of lying about how they decide to pay Service personnel?
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