Gorilla - I work in the ultimate democratic environment - I'm self-employed, so my customers vote on me every time they place an order!
The idea that a firefighter refuses to undertake training because they are on nights is about as outdated as you can get in terms of "working practices".
The Army is under-recruited across the infantry, and many other trades. When did you ever hear that the Fire Service was "having trouble getting the calibre of new recruits"? The Fire Service acknowledge that they get about 100 applications for each vacancy. Go figure
