we trust teachers with our children's current and future well being while paying them a fraction of that amount.
My wife is a teacher in Holland - if she were to work full time she would be paid considerably more than £25k.
Teacher's pay scales in England & Wales for 2003
The parallels with a train driver are reasonable as they are both safety critical jobs that carry a significant amount of responsibilty for the safe, economic and comfortable carriage of goods and passengers.
Considering the amount of personal sacrifice, both financially and emotionally to become a pilot, plus the amount of experience required to act as a commander on an aeroplane I would say that 25k is verging on an insult - but then I would say that wouldn't I?