Originally Posted by
Icelanta
as this will HELP you and is a recognition for your Profession.
Mixing apples with oranges here, me thinks.
I've never said our profession is not one that deserves the greatest respect. If anything, I've implied that is not one in which to reach profficiency solely by studying is possible. You can't study experience, teach it or pass it in an box, and that is why we are still above the market - downhill, but above average still - in terms of salary and benefits.
The day you can make a Captain by teaching 5 years of subjects we'll find ourselves in the same pit as the rest of professions. Experience still counts, statistics are there.