OP
oldtimer
What I cannot figure out is that firefighters say they have a hard job and I for one would not go against this but what is missing here is the culture within firefighting that allows the employee to sleep on a night shift so he or she is fit for a bit of moonlighting during the day the most common is kitchen fitters, alarm installers electrical jobs. So with a gold plated pension and extras like sick pay why are the bosses not asking questions about this ie fitting a kitchen all day then turn up for a night shift hoping for a good nights kip so what happens if there is a call will they be fit enough to tackle this.
I remember years ago a "firefighter" in Edinburgh was fitting burglar alarms and he was that busy that he was taking his dayshifts off on the sick and this case smacks of the "this looks like easy money to be made" and if it goes wrong then no big deal ie wont go to jail therefor will not lose gold plated pension and benifits. In other words as long as the authorities are going to devalue what we do for a living and customers driving for "cheap" jobs is it any wonder our industry is a total mess.
I remember years ago a "firefighter" in Edinburgh was fitting burglar alarms and he was that busy that he was taking his dayshifts off on the sick and this case smacks of the "this looks like easy money to be made" and if it goes wrong then no big deal ie wont go to jail therefor will not lose gold plated pension and benifits. In other words as long as the authorities are going to devalue what we do for a living and customers driving for "cheap" jobs is it any wonder our industry is a total mess.