[Barrie Yates]

One should be aware of the salary and salary structure before applying for any position.

What should anyone be paid? How about what they are worth to the organisation that employs them.

In industry and the military, and no doubt some other classifications, your pay is linked to your performance, if it is good then you can expect a pay rise or a bonus, if performance is poor, for whatever reason - no pay rise (except for across the board annual rises usually at or below the cost of living), if performance is very poor then one can expect to be looking for another job in the near future.

So one must ask, did the Bankers do a good job? Did the BBC Executives do a good job?
Do politicians do a good job? Should any one of them (and numerous other similar categories), receive pay rises and gold plated pensions?