Gone are the days when being well paid was being paid enough to be comfortable and a bit more.
Today people only considder themselves well paid if they earn more than the next guy.
Keeping up with the Jones' gone mad.
£25,000 isn't a bad income if one has the lifestyle to match. It may not be enough to Captain a B737 but saying that a train driver receives X amount makes little difference because for every person being paid more than the average pilot, there are 1,000 being paid a lot less.
Perhaps we should point out that while 25,000 may be rubbish for a pilot to haul boxes round the sky?, we trust teachers with our children's current and future well being while paying them a fraction of that amount.
Regards,
DFC