I'm grateful for the dedication and professionalism of the men and women worldwide who are willing, on a daily basis, to place the lives of passengers and crew before their own.
Not wishing to do the fire crews down but remember that pilots and cabin crew do this in shortsleeved shirts and trousers (sic) from inside the burning aeroplane while the fire crews are 50yds away squirting foam from an armoured truck while dressed from head to foot in nomex.