Not at all Jim……

back on track! 😀

There has for as long as I can remember been a bone of contention regarding the fact that teaches earned more than the average Police Officer. and thats a fact, not science fiction.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Interesting point…..

If a child does not attend college, or does not achieve high grades it is the teachers’ fault and said teacher could loose their job because of it. Fact. The reasoning behind this is if the teacher is doing his/her job correctly, all students should learn and achieve at the maximum possible level.

If a child commits a crime, or does not lead a lawful life, is it the policeman’s fault and could he get the sack because there is a crime wave? Surely if he is doing his job to the maximum of his ability, there should be no crime!

Just a thought…. (and no, a policeman’s job is WAY more dangerous)

Vulcan, no. Do some research. A quick google search of the aircraft’s name usually works wonders.

Well lets see, you’d need to overhaul the engine, airframe, blades, gearboxes, refit new perspexes and controls, instruments, electrics, fuel system, new blades……not to mention design support for an extinct flying type…….Never, is the word you are looking for

The runways at Eshott are only 550m and 610m… by 12m wide.

I think that a way around the pensions problem is to scrap state pensions, and only have privately funded ones. At least that way, a private company can be held to rights if they alter the terms of the pension. The problem is the risk of the pension company itself folding… All state pensions are unsustainable, particularly given the increasing average age of the population due to the ‘baby-boom’ years from 1945…. I know that I’ll be working until I am at least 70, and will only have a few years at best beyond my working life.

Sky High, I agree – the strike will not help anything – in this region (Tyne and Wear) we are all too aware of the famous Miners’ strikes of the early 80’s and their consequences.

“wake up and realise the mess the country is in and the increasing future mess

and realise how fortunate you are to wake up and actualy go to work for a well above average paid job”

Tornado, please in the name of all that is Holy, READ what I have written….. “I KNOW how lucky I am to have a good and well paid job – THAT is one of the reasons I don’t strike and don’t join unions.”

i’ve worked in both public and private , try working in private areas and find out what harsh employment is !!

if all you have ever done is work in the public sector you realy are not realising how fortunate you are

RAF, followed by 6 months on the sick due to a breakdown (aged 26), followed by working for a company which fixed wheelchairs, followed by Jobseekers allowance, followed by 2 years at university, then contracting in the aerospace industry – even living in a 14ft caravan 500 miles from my family over one of the harshest winters we’d had up to that point, then stumbled into a teaching job. So yes, I have worked in a range of conditions facing dire poverty and raising two kids. I KNOW how lucky I am to have a good and well paid job – THAT is one of the reasons I don’t strike and don’t join unions.

Nonetheless, you seem to assume that you have had it worse than everyone else. I’m interested to hear that ‘unions have lost you your job’. Firing someone because of their involvement in a trade union is illegal and cetainly a good case for unfair or constructive dismissal. Perhaps you should feel less sorry or yourself and do something about the harsh deal you have had.

Interesting news article: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/uk-strike-underground-idUKTRE73Q4JV20110427

By the way, welcome back GA! 😀