Again d00d, stories like Duane's (wedding of saved child) reinforce the good image ... I grew up one block from a small city fire house (engine 9). Across the street from that house was the land of a hospital where we played baseball and football as pre-teens. We would always stop in the house and get a drink of water from their fountain/bubbler after the games. The guys there were always great to us. That is the image I prefer to know.
Therefore...do we want to change to the Boston Port workers who put their 2year old children on the payroll so that when the kid turns 22 and is actually "working" on the docks, they can claim 20 years experience and get the pay rate for that level of experience?