Turn the thread into a discussion about firefighter pays if you want. The ones that really deserve the most respect are the volunteer firefighters - on call 24 hours a day all year round for no salary at all.
Yeah, and another bull****, cop out from you 'friend'
Take your mean spirited garbage elsewhere. And tell your jealous little zealot friend that does the pays to spend a couple of shifts with these people. Live the disruption the shiftwork causes to family & social life, and then if they want to earn the 'millions' pony up, do the training and then whinge about how much these people earn.
You & your whinging 'mate' are an embarrassment to fair minded, hard working people.