INCA9 - now my tuppence worth. Some of us who've been around for a while went through Hurn in the days before the wages were higher than they are now. In my day it was a smidge over £11K with
no accomodation allowance, some of us did 5 rating courses which kept us (with famil, OJT and other bits) down in sunny Bournemouth for two years. 18 months of that was on a student wage and rent was still £300 per month.
While I may be on a decent old kick after 16 years in the game, I and some of my colleagues were just as strapped as you lot have been/are, even more so when you consider that income tax was much higher back then and we walked out with about £720 a month.
We've all been there, done it and worn the t-shirt til it was threadbare. So don't be so judgemental on the likes of niknak and the rest of us cos we could end up being
your OJTI or LCE!
