Pampered FIFO workers come back to earth with a bump

[sleepisforthedead]

As a breakdown fitter in an underground mine, I'll say that every single cent of my pay is earned. Over two km's underground doing repairs on a machine that's too hot to even sit on let alone climb into an engine or transmission bay to repair or replace something.. mining is not all easy work.

As HI PSI has said we're not all truck drivers, even underground skilled laborers get annoyed with which the ease a truck driver gets a job, but that's how it is. Everyone sitting there saying it's easy money bla bla yada yada.. working and living on site isn't a fairytale. Being away from family and friends for months at a time isn't a fairytale. Working underground isn't a fairytale.

All you guys quoting defense force figures, correct me if I'm wrong but their pay is tax free is it not? Defense guys get 1/2% house loans do they not?