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If you would not do your freinds job for 3 times what he gets paid, then is he not getting paid below a realistic rate for the job?
How often do we hear of the lack of motivation and desire to do the job from teachers? How often do we hear of failing schools and poor teachers and kids let down by the education system. I know there are many very good and dedicated professionals in the teaching profession, but I have come accross many more that should not be given the important task of moulding our kids.
There are many doctors who never read any of the journals or handouts from the drug companies, spend minimal ammount of time with their patients and are never assessed to establish their continued proficiency to practice and prescribe.
If it makes you feel bigger to describe pilots as drivers then most of us will not complain, however when you try to judgeand decry the effort and level of professionalism that exists in aviation it is you who displays an egostistical and arrogant attitude that we could all best do without "flying down the back"!