batboy1970,
FFs have not had a pay increase for 5 yrs.
Really?
The rest of the public sector had a pay freeze of 2 years according to the government, which was actually 2 years and 364 days, i.e, 3 years for the rest of us. We then had a 1% pay rise.
Are you honestly saying that the FF have maintained exactly the same pay since 2008?