What level of pay is used to test against the lower and upper pay thresholds?
The pay used to test against the upper and lower pay thresholds is your pensionable pay (before the 18.75% notional increase to pensionable pay agreed in April 2007 for Flying staff) and before the NAPS abatement adjustment. This pay will differ from your pensionable pay which is used to calculate your pension contribution amounts and upon which your pension is based. If you are part-time, the full-time equivalent of pay is compared against the lower and upper pay thresholds to establish any contribution reduction but your part-time pensionable pay is used to calculate the amount you will pay.