Firefighters to Strike...

[joebloggs]

Your comments never fail to make me laugh Joe

With all your union knowledge I'm surprised you're naive to think that all firemen have to run up and down ladders. I'm sure you'll come up with some irrelevant fact to counter my argument but surely there are administrative jobs in the fire service that those who were too old or physically unable to run up and down ladders could do

Drive, inspect equipment, train the newbies

So now 1000's of firemen at the front end are all to get admin jobs

Why not the same for the police, the armed forces ?? Have you ever heard of the saying, "Too many chiefs, not enough Indians"? Next, Dedworth will be saying too many pen pushers not enough firemen

[SimonH]

So now 1000's of firemen at the front end are all to get admin jobs?

Why not the same for the police, the armed forces Have you ever heard of the saying "Too many chiefs, not enough Indians"?

Next, Dedworth will be saying too many pen pushers, not enough firemen

NO! These things don't happen overnight. What I'm saying is that those who are physically unable to do the job they applied for and wanted - and maybe had been doing perfectly well for 30 years - could be sidetracked into an admin role rather than say, "that's it, give me my pension", at whatever age it is now. The same as the vast majority of other workers in this country.

[joebloggs]

NO! These things don't happen overnight. What I'm saying is that those who are physically unable to do the job they applied for and wanted - and maybe had been doing perfectly well for 30 years - could be sidetracked into an admin role rather than say, "that's it, give me my pension", at whatever age it is now. The same as the vast majority of other workers in this country

Well it should be the same for the police and ex-forces Oh hang on, that would be 1000's of people needing desk jobs. In an ideal world that would be good, but it's not. Many people say that's the problem with the NHS - too many penpushers and not enough doctors and nurses.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-shake-up.html

[SimonH]

Well it should be the same for the police and ex-forces. Oh hang on, that would be 1000's of people needing desk jobs. In an ideal world that would be good, but it's not. Many people say that's the problem with the NHS - too many penpushers and not enough doctors and nurses.

Not sure about the police. They start off plodding the beat and then should progress up the corporate ladder.

Ex-forces are exactly that 'Ex'. They signed up for x amount of years.

Totally agree about the NHS though, they're haemorrhaging (excuse the pun) money, something I am putting a stop to where I can.