RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) is funded by charity and is manned by unpaid volunteers who drop everything at work when they receive a 'shout' from their pagers. They provide the inshore and main boats from their charitable donations and operate not only in the UK but also the Republic of Ireland. Much respect to these brave men and women.
Most of the RNLI are unpaid Volunteers, there are a couple of RNLI Stations like Spurn Point & Tower Bridge that have Salaried Crews but that is due to them being so busy that a 24/7 presence is necessary.
They have daytime jobs, plumber, joiner, Doctor etc. Volunteer their services for free. Donations help fund it all. my Dad was a fisherman for 35 years and was airlifted off trawler. My cousin broke back on a trawler and was brought in by helo. They are angels all of the RNLI
As Keith wrote below, the reason you can't find their salary is because most of them are unpaid volunteers, a few Lifeboat stations are so busy they need manning full time, so they are paid. Btw, you managed to get this in before the end of the year, as 2024 is the 200th anniversary of the RLNI, & since they were formed they've saved more than 160,000 lives, sometimes sacrificing their own, 19th Dec last week was the 42nd anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, when the crew of the Penlee boat "Solomon Brown" were lost. You can see a documentary about it on RUclips, including real-time radio traffic.
It's essential to remember that these volunteers sometimes make the ultimate sacrifice, as in the Penlee disaster. Some of the children of the crew who died went on to become RNLI volunteers themselves.
I'm ex-RNLI - all the crew were volunteers. There are SOME paid positions in the RNLI but most of the folks I trained with, launched with, weren't paid for it.We all had day jobs, just when the pager went off we dropped everything and booked it down to the boathouse. Don't call us heroes. While there are some who have definitely earned that title, what most of us are, is sailors. Just regular folks who live on or by the sea. We do it for them because the next shout could be for any of us. You can be the world's best seaman, doing everything right, and it can still get you. It doesn't matter who you are, why you're on the water or why you need us... You're one of us and we'll bring you home if we can.
They could pay for more full time positions if they didn't give hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages and bonuses to the top brass and woke "non jobs". There is too much of this "skimming" and "activism" in charities nowadays.
@@matt01506 doesn't sound like the RNLI I was part of. Before making statements like that you should probably look a bit closer at this particular charity. Their accounts are public, and the briefest look at their annual report is sufficient to disprove your assertion where they are concerned.
@davebooth5847 CEO £175,000 per annum plus pension. Creation of a "non job" Equality and diversity officer £40,000 per annum. Sacking a coxswain and reinstating him after the whole crew walked out, then employing a full-time station manager. The RNLI has become political and has lost a lot of credibility. I had nothing but respect for the charity in the past, but not now. (I still respect the voluntary crew members and would imagine many of them feel the same as me about the direction the charity is going in.) I mean no disrespect to you. It's the charities' top brass I have a problem with. (Note in my original comment I did state this is a problem with "Charities" not just the RNLI)
They get paid nothing - zero, zilch. They have their ‘day’ jobs but when the sirens go off they drop everything and go and save lives … for no money. Very brave men and women who are relied on around the UK.
If you feel up to it, look up the Penlee lifeboat disaster. The documentary has the chilling, repeated call from command, calling for the boat that will never answer. The coxswain new it was going to be harsh when he refused to take two people from the same family.
Volunteers and in Australia we have CFA firefighters exactly the same no pay and they fight bushfires for days at a time, some die. Hats off to real people who help others for no reward but a thank you.
I've been on the North Sea in a moderate swell. 40 foot waves breaking over the bow! what you are witnessing here is mild offshore but dangerous inshore waters. These guys (and women) are the most skilled and bravest mariners. Volunteers everyone, I cannot express my admiration or gratitude in words.
So glad someone is looking at the work of the RNLI. I watch the TV programme `Saving Lives at Sea ' and am always grateful that these people go out regardless when help is needed . It can be rough seas or as simple as paddleboarders who are in difficulty offshore.
The RNLI is one of only two charities I donate too. Thankfully I have never been in a position to require their help. The closest was when our outboard ignition board failed in the Solent when the tide started ripping. A local school motor vessel came to our rescue but the local fishermen were watching and ready to help out. Nobody would take payment with the simple response we all may need help out there one day. Needless to say we filled the collection box and yes we were able to repay by helping others out at sea.
I'm a member of a volunteer cave rescue team. We are thankfully *way* less busy than these people are, and when we do get called out, we are in much less danger. They have my deepest respect.
"They were fishing in that?!" Ha ha, even the fish had given up and called the RNLI for help!! Heroes, selfless, legends, brave...there just aren't enough superlatives to describe these men and women.
The bulk of RNLI staff are volunteers, they carry pagers with them when they are on standby or at their normal jobs and dash to the lifeboat station if they are needed.
There are 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in Britain and Ireland (there are some independent lifeboats, too) - mostly on the coast of course, but there are a few on large lakes like Loch Ness in Scotland or Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. Nearly all the crews are unpaid volunteers who drop what they’re doing and rush to the lifeboat station when their pagers go off, but the busiest lifeboat station is Tower station on the River Thames in the middle of London, which has a full-time paid crew. The RNLI was founded in 1824, and they’ve saved over 146,000 lives since then. The RNLI gets no money from the government - they rely on donations from the public, and people leaving money in their wills - I’m proud to say I give them a monthly donation.
They even carried on rescuing when we were at war for our freedoms in the Second World War it seems the people who say they should not rescue the illegal immigrants have forgotten the purpose of this service and how many lives they have saved and how many of their own they have lost
The UK and Ireland have a deep and ancient relationship with the sea. One of the interesting things about this video is that these lifeboat rescues are from every corner of the British/Irish Isles. Our seas, all the way around us, can have terrible weather.
Those in peril upon the sea love the RLNI. Simply the best of the best, risk there lives to save any one in danger. I am a ex merchant seaman if I had been on a sinking ship would want these men and women saving my you now what.
7:33 I know that town, some of the toughest most hard working , salt of the earth people you could meet, I even knew some of of the volunteer life guards, some of the bravest people you could meet who took their role/ calling with great dedication & courage. It’s a nice town to visit during the summer & autumn months & there is a crepe van that does the most amazing crepes ever! ❤️✨🙏 Castletown beara is in Ireland 🇮🇪 if the info is of any interest ❤
The majority of the crews are unpaid - they are volunteers who work regular jobs but drop everything when a call comes in. Every one of them is a national hero in my book. They willingly put their lives on the line to help others for no other reason than it's the right thing to do. It's genuinely amazing what they do. Meanwhile, those in power reward their own friends and colleagues with fancy titles and lofty positions, despite never doing anything of any real value. It's folks like the lifeboat crews we should be rewarding.
As an apprentice many years ago I worked with a volunteer lifeboat man. A quiet unassuming man who had served in the army during WW2, not long finished then. No radios like they have now. The lifeboat was called out by rockets and flares fired from the harbour and which made a very loud bu..boom! Off he would peddle on his bike. I will never forget him.
Thankfully I've never been in a position where I've needed the RNLI to save me, but I still try and give what I can to them because for me they're the bravest of the brave. I'd sooner tackle a burning building than have to go out on the ocean in these conditions. Heroes one and all.
Hiya ,regarding the boy swept away by the tide ,children and adults are fascinated by the waves crashing onto the beach sea wall etc and love to watch them crashing onto the shore, especially people who don't live by the sea , but what they don't expect is that one "rouge" wave that's much bigger than usual,that's often when people are swept out to sea ,these" rogue "waves can be a problem for ships at sea as well ❤❤.
We have a proud history of organisations where well trained citizen volunteers give their services for free to help their community. RNLI is one example, Coast guard volunteers, Special constabulary provides part time unpaid police officers, St John's ambulance helps with emergency healthcare, and mountain rescue is another.
Yes. the class of lifeboat you saw on the opening are self righting. well spotted. Volunteers but with some permanent staff at stations. Highly trained volunteers in the main.
The Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song called "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a ship that sank in the Great Lakes on 10th November 1975. One of the lines goes: " Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours". That line sums up what it's like being caught in a storm and totally powerless to do anything about it. The RNLI crews are volutneers. The organisation totally relies on donations and receives no state (government) funding.
Most of the RNLI lifeboat crews are volunteers, the coxain and some others are full time employed by RNLI but most do it for a service the their community. They respond to a pager from their day jobs.
RNLI lifeboat rescuers do it without pay. They are volunteers. They usually have a day job and do this in addition to it. When I go to the seaside, even if it is just for the day, I always buy something in the RNLI shop. They sell really original Christmas cards too. Their tee towels last for ages and are very high quality. There are lifeboat stations all over the UK the type of boat differs. Perhaps someone who volunteers for the RNLI will be able to say more about it. By the way both women and men volunteer and go out to sea to rescues. Glad you have seen what our seas are like even in summer! You might be interested to read about Grace Darling whose heroic efforts saved the lives of several people in 1838. She was a lighthouse keeper's daughter.
As others have written apart from the Coxwain and Mechanic the crew are all volunteers and have full time jobs. I grew up in a town that has a lifeboat station . At that time most of them were fishermen
I don't know if it is still true, but the coxswain used to be the only paid member of the crew. The rest are completely voluntary. The RNLI is an amazing service and deserve more credit that they get. Each lifeboat station lists every rescue that they have participated in, and the results (even crew lost). There have been situations where every adult in a family has been lost on a rescue.
When my dad went to sea with the Merchant Navy in the late 1930s, his company took money off everyone's salary before they saw it and donated it to the RNLI. Dad said that no one ever complained as they never knew when they might need the lifeboat. When he died, the funeral church collection was for the RNLI.
A lot of our rescuers are indeed volunteers rnli mountain and cave rescue service recently the RNLi has been criticised for rescuing the boats arriving with illegals immigrants but for them it’s their motto to save lives at sea no matter what or who they are they save everyone and it’s all paid for by donations
Whilst they have some paid, professional staff, in admin and training etc, the majority are volunteers ready to step up in their own time. Another word would be heros.
The Lifeboat service is voluntary, most people involved don't get paid at all. There are regularly hundreds of lifeboat launches each year, rescuing many people. There are more than 200 lifeboats stationed around the British & Irish coasts.
The public support the work and fund the purchase of the lifeboats in appreciation of the work of the unpaid volunteers. At a minutes notice they leave their paid employment and rush to man the boats.(male and female lifeboat personnel.) It’s often a family tradition going back generations. as an island race we all live within a few hours of the sea. Americans would probably call them communists for working for the common good.
Most are UNPAID they are on call via a text or beeper, they drop what ever they aare doing work wise, or even meals and race to the life boat house. usually more than are needed respond, the first there get into the crew. they can be as you see out there for huge amount of time, there families at home not knowing whats going on. very very brave men and women. the equipment is paid for by donations from the public.
You can't find their salary because they do it for nothing. They are a highly trained volunteer service. When the whole Penlee crew were killed the service had more applications to replace them than their administration could handle. Their pager goes off, they drop what they are doing and get to the station to face what ever they have to do. They go out for anyone in trouble for what ever the reason and there is no charge. They think it is "ordinary".
Hard for an American to get their heads round but all these mem and women are volunteer unpaid. On busy stations there are a few full time salaried people.
Look, it is a charity they do it for free, they may be Bank managers or lawyers or just work in a shop. Typically they are above average education and average wage and can take time out. I know the sea, as a boy went on my uncle's lobster fishing boat in Cornwall, been diving off scotland in fishing boats. The Sea around Britain can be seriously rough. More recently I've been in Rigid Inflatable Boats off South Africa we call them RIBs. You see RIBs towards the end of the film. This is a reinforced inflatable boat that is virtually unsinkable. At the back you have two 200Bhp outboards. That is like Two Porche engines on your boat, in a flat sea they will do 50Mph+ in waves they take off and fly. In the film I think you had up to 5m waves. I have been thrown off of a fast RIB in 3 metre swell, clinging onto a rope for grim death but bang and I'm gone, double pirouette into the sea. I'm not RNLI, I do the sea for fun. They are Heroes
Not quite, there’s one possibly two positions that are paid within the various stations, one is the Coxswain and the other is the mechanic, all others are pure volunteers, the big exception is Poole which is the headquarters and workshops for the R.N.L.I. where the Shannon class are built and the Severns are being refitted
RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) is funded by charity and is manned by unpaid volunteers who drop everything at work when they receive a 'shout' from their pagers. They provide the inshore and main boats from their charitable donations and operate not only in the UK but also the Republic of Ireland. Much respect to these brave men and women.
Not everything comes down to profit
Most of the RNLI are unpaid Volunteers, there are a couple of RNLI Stations like Spurn Point & Tower Bridge that have Salaried Crews but that is due to them being so busy that a 24/7 presence is necessary.
@@bremnersghost948 It's usually the Coxwain and The Engineer that are paid, the rest are pure volunteers and a fantastic job they do too.
They are all volunteers. Very brave people.
And a shout out for Folkestone Rescue. There're a independent volunteer rescue service. Been going for about twenty years.
@@MegaBadgeman and Caister Lifeboat, another independent
And don't forget a taxi service for the illegals arriving in the uk
They are not salaried. It’s all voluntary bless them all ❤
Had the pleasure of volunteering with the RNLI when I lived on the Scottish Isles. Very under appreciated service, hats off to them all 🙏
they are deeply loved and appreciated by us families of fishermen and sailors. Deeply
They have daytime jobs, plumber, joiner, Doctor etc. Volunteer their services for free. Donations help fund it all. my Dad was a fisherman for 35 years and was airlifted off trawler. My cousin broke back on a trawler and was brought in by helo. They are angels all of the RNLI
As Keith wrote below, the reason you can't find their salary is because most of them are unpaid volunteers, a few Lifeboat stations are so busy they need manning full time, so they are paid. Btw, you managed to get this in before the end of the year, as 2024 is the 200th anniversary of the RLNI, & since they were formed they've saved more than 160,000 lives, sometimes sacrificing their own, 19th Dec last week was the 42nd anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, when the crew of the Penlee boat "Solomon Brown" were lost. You can see a documentary about it on RUclips, including real-time radio traffic.
It's essential to remember that these volunteers sometimes make the ultimate sacrifice, as in the Penlee disaster. Some of the children of the crew who died went on to become RNLI volunteers themselves.
I'm ex-RNLI - all the crew were volunteers. There are SOME paid positions in the RNLI but most of the folks I trained with, launched with, weren't paid for it.We all had day jobs, just when the pager went off we dropped everything and booked it down to the boathouse. Don't call us heroes. While there are some who have definitely earned that title, what most of us are, is sailors. Just regular folks who live on or by the sea. We do it for them because the next shout could be for any of us. You can be the world's best seaman, doing everything right, and it can still get you. It doesn't matter who you are, why you're on the water or why you need us... You're one of us and we'll bring you home if we can.
I was one of the first women in an RNLI R.I.B. - on the Severn (although some shouts I was not allowed on - Mostly Recovery)
Oh - this was 1988 - 91
They could pay for more full time positions if they didn't give hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages and bonuses to the top brass and woke "non jobs".
There is too much of this "skimming" and "activism" in charities nowadays.
@@matt01506 doesn't sound like the RNLI I was part of. Before making statements like that you should probably look a bit closer at this particular charity. Their accounts are public, and the briefest look at their annual report is sufficient to disprove your assertion where they are concerned.
@davebooth5847
CEO £175,000 per annum plus pension.
Creation of a "non job"
Equality and diversity officer
£40,000 per annum.
Sacking a coxswain and reinstating him after the whole crew walked out, then employing a full-time station manager.
The RNLI has become political and has lost a lot of credibility.
I had nothing but respect for the charity in the past, but not now.
(I still respect the voluntary crew members and would imagine many of them feel the same as me about the direction the charity is going in.) I mean no disrespect to you. It's the charities' top brass I have a problem with.
(Note in my original comment I did state this is a problem with
"Charities" not just the RNLI)
They get paid nothing - zero, zilch. They have their ‘day’ jobs but when the sirens go off they drop everything and go and save lives … for no money. Very brave men and women who are relied on around the UK.
The only Charity my Grandmother would ever give too......all volunteers!!!! Unbelievable work!
If you feel up to it, look up the Penlee lifeboat disaster. The documentary has the chilling, repeated call from command, calling for the boat that will never answer. The coxswain new it was going to be harsh when he refused to take two people from the same family.
Volunteers and in Australia we have CFA firefighters exactly the same no pay and they fight bushfires for days at a time, some die. Hats off to real people who help others for no reward but a thank you.
I've been on the North Sea in a moderate swell. 40 foot waves breaking over the bow! what you are witnessing here is mild offshore but dangerous inshore waters. These guys (and women) are the most skilled and bravest mariners. Volunteers everyone, I cannot express my admiration or gratitude in words.
ive been on the Shetland ferry during 2 hurricanes. if theres a delay they give out free meals, and on both those occasions i was the only one eating
So glad someone is looking at the work of the RNLI.
I watch the TV programme `Saving Lives at Sea ' and am always grateful that these people go out regardless when help is needed .
It can be rough seas or as simple as paddleboarders who are in difficulty offshore.
The RNLI is one of only two charities I donate too. Thankfully I have never been in a position to require their help. The closest was when our outboard ignition board failed in the Solent when the tide started ripping. A local school motor vessel came to our rescue but the local fishermen were watching and ready to help out. Nobody would take payment with the simple response we all may need help out there one day. Needless to say we filled the collection box and yes we were able to repay by helping others out at sea.
I'm a member of a volunteer cave rescue team.
We are thankfully *way* less busy than these people are, and when we do get called out, we are in much less danger.
They have my deepest respect.
"They were fishing in that?!" Ha ha, even the fish had given up and called the RNLI for help!!
Heroes, selfless, legends, brave...there just aren't enough superlatives to describe these men and women.
These brave men and women are heros they don,t get paid.
As everyone else has said they are all volunteers, the work they do is amazing
The bulk of RNLI staff are volunteers, they carry pagers with them when they are on standby or at their normal jobs and dash to the lifeboat station if they are needed.
There are 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in Britain and Ireland (there are some independent lifeboats, too) - mostly on the coast of course, but there are a few on large lakes like Loch Ness in Scotland or Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. Nearly all the crews are unpaid volunteers who drop what they’re doing and rush to the lifeboat station when their pagers go off, but the busiest lifeboat station is Tower station on the River Thames in the middle of London, which has a full-time paid crew. The RNLI was founded in 1824, and they’ve saved over 146,000 lives since then. The RNLI gets no money from the government - they rely on donations from the public, and people leaving money in their wills - I’m proud to say I give them a monthly donation.
The Irish government does fund the RNLI in Ireland
All volunteers. They have been doing this since the 1830's and loads of been lost trying to rescue others in danger.
They even carried on rescuing when we were at war for our freedoms in the Second World War it seems the people who say they should not rescue the illegal immigrants have forgotten the purpose of this service and how many lives they have saved and how many of their own they have lost
The UK and Ireland have a deep and ancient relationship with the sea.
One of the interesting things about this video is that these lifeboat rescues are from every corner of the British/Irish Isles. Our seas, all the way around us, can have terrible weather.
I'm from Guernsey and have been at sea most of my life. I've known most of the crews old and new all my life. So ordinary but exceptional.
The guys who go out in these boats are not paid. They are volunteers. The RNLI is a charity.
Those in peril upon the sea love the RLNI. Simply the best of the best, risk there lives to save any one in danger. I am a ex merchant seaman if I had been on a sinking ship would want these men and women saving my you now what.
7:33 I know that town, some of the toughest most hard working , salt of the earth people you could meet, I even knew some of of the volunteer life guards, some of the bravest people you could meet who took their role/ calling with great dedication & courage.
It’s a nice town to visit during the summer & autumn months & there is a crepe van that does the most amazing crepes ever! ❤️✨🙏 Castletown beara is in Ireland 🇮🇪 if the info is of any interest ❤
The majority of the crews are unpaid - they are volunteers who work regular jobs but drop everything when a call comes in. Every one of them is a national hero in my book. They willingly put their lives on the line to help others for no other reason than it's the right thing to do. It's genuinely amazing what they do.
Meanwhile, those in power reward their own friends and colleagues with fancy titles and lofty positions, despite never doing anything of any real value. It's folks like the lifeboat crews we should be rewarding.
As an apprentice many years ago I worked with a volunteer lifeboat man. A quiet unassuming man who had served in the army during WW2, not long finished then.
No radios like they have now. The lifeboat was called out by rockets and flares fired from the harbour and which made a very loud bu..boom! Off he would peddle on his bike. I will never forget him.
Thankfully I've never been in a position where I've needed the RNLI to save me, but I still try and give what I can to them because for me they're the bravest of the brave. I'd sooner tackle a burning building than have to go out on the ocean in these conditions. Heroes one and all.
Respect to the R.N.L.I.
The brave Men and Women who go out on these Life Boats get paid nothing.
Hiya ,regarding the boy swept away by the tide ,children and adults are fascinated by the waves crashing onto the beach sea wall etc and love to watch them crashing onto the shore, especially people who don't live by the sea , but what they don't expect is that one "rouge" wave that's much bigger than usual,that's often when people are swept out to sea ,these" rogue "waves can be a problem for ships at sea as well ❤❤.
Have a watch of the Penlee lifeboat disaster 1981. Almost 43 years to the day 😪
They are teachers, bakers, builders, Postman, police officers etc and they are all volunteers. They don't get paid.
We have a proud history of organisations where well trained citizen volunteers give their services for free to help their community. RNLI is one example, Coast guard volunteers, Special constabulary provides part time unpaid police officers, St John's ambulance helps with emergency healthcare, and mountain rescue is another.
Yes. the class of lifeboat you saw on the opening are self righting. well spotted.
Volunteers but with some permanent staff at stations. Highly trained volunteers in the main.
5:30 How much do these guys make a year? A huge amount of respect and admiration but no money.
The tractors exhaust is above the roof so it can go in deep.the rnli lifeboats are sealed against the water and self righting.
The Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song called "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a ship that sank in the Great Lakes on 10th November 1975. One of the lines goes: " Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours". That line sums up what it's like being caught in a storm and totally powerless to do anything about it. The RNLI crews are volutneers. The organisation totally relies on donations and receives no state (government) funding.
That 1st clip was my local crew from my home town of Hastings.
Most of the RNLI lifeboat crews are volunteers, the coxain and some others are full time employed by RNLI but most do it for a service the their community. They respond to a pager from their day jobs.
RNLI lifeboat rescuers do it without pay. They are volunteers. They usually have a day job and do this in addition to it.
When I go to the seaside, even if it is just for the day, I always buy something in the RNLI shop. They sell really original Christmas cards too. Their tee towels last for ages and are very high quality.
There are lifeboat stations all over the UK the type of boat differs. Perhaps someone who volunteers for the RNLI will be able to say more about it. By the way both women and men volunteer and go out to sea to rescues. Glad you have seen what our seas are like even in summer! You might be interested to read about Grace Darling whose heroic efforts saved the lives of several people in 1838. She was a lighthouse keeper's daughter.
They don’t get paid. They’re volunteers.
Mate, it's going to blow your mind when you read these comments following your curiosity about their salaries.
As others have written apart from the Coxwain and Mechanic the crew are all volunteers and have full time jobs. I grew up in a town that has a lifeboat station . At that time most of them were fishermen
They don't get paid anything whatsoever. All RNLI rescue staff are volunteers.
They are volunteers. People who leave near the NRLI post. They work they daily job and have the pager on all the time for emergency call.❤
I don't know if it is still true, but the coxswain used to be the only paid member of the crew. The rest are completely voluntary. The RNLI is an amazing service and deserve more credit that they get. Each lifeboat station lists every rescue that they have participated in, and the results (even crew lost). There have been situations where every adult in a family has been lost on a rescue.
When my dad went to sea with the Merchant Navy in the late 1930s, his company took money off everyone's salary before they saw it and donated it to the RNLI. Dad said that no one ever complained as they never knew when they might need the lifeboat. When he died, the funeral church collection was for the RNLI.
A lot of our rescuers are indeed volunteers rnli mountain and cave rescue service recently the RNLi has been criticised for rescuing the boats arriving with illegals immigrants but for them it’s their motto to save lives at sea no matter what or who they are they save everyone and it’s all paid for by donations
Grace Darling a relative of mine rowed out on her own to rescue people from a sinking ship in a storm and became a Victorian heroine
They don't get paid there all volunteers
Its a crime these hero’s are not paid
Remember the UK is in Ireland so we've got no choice but to have these guys, and their volunteers.
Back in the day they went out in big rowing boats.
UK is in Ireland?
Whilst they have some paid, professional staff, in admin and training etc, the majority are volunteers ready to step up in their own time.
Another word would be heros.
Suggestion for a future reaction vid, the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster in 1981.
Believe it or not, they are not paid a salary! They all volunteer!
The RNLI staff are all volunteers with no wages
TAXI !
The men are all volunteers the RNLI is a charity.
They don't get paid, they do it to save lifes
Humberside Lifeboat based here in Grimsby Docks is the only full time RNLI Crew in England 🏴.
The Lifeboat service is voluntary, most people involved don't get paid at all. There are regularly hundreds of lifeboat launches each year, rescuing many people. There are more than 200 lifeboats stationed around the British & Irish coasts.
The public support the work and fund the purchase of the lifeboats in appreciation of the work of the unpaid volunteers. At a minutes notice they leave their paid employment and rush to man the boats.(male and female lifeboat personnel.) It’s often a family tradition going back generations. as an island race we all live within a few hours of the sea. Americans would probably call them communists for working for the common good.
Look. I am an ex merchant seaman. The guys on the RNLI boats are VOLUNTEERS. Pay? my arse.
RNLI are mostly volunteers.
They are, for the main part, volunteers.
They rely on donations. These heroes are volounteers.
Most are UNPAID they are on call via a text or beeper, they drop what ever they aare doing work wise, or even meals and race to the life boat house. usually more than are needed respond, the first there get into the crew. they can be as you see out there for huge amount of time, there families at home not knowing whats going on. very very brave men and women. the equipment is paid for by donations from the public.
You can't find their salary because they do it for nothing. They are a highly trained volunteer service. When the whole Penlee crew were killed the service had more applications to replace them than their administration could handle. Their pager goes off, they drop what they are doing and get to the station to face what ever they have to do. They go out for anyone in trouble for what ever the reason and there is no charge. They think it is "ordinary".
They don't get paid, the RNLI are all volunteers
Everyone is a voluntary
They are Volunteers.Everything you see boats etc is paid by donations.
Very brave and selfless VOLUNTEERS; the only charity I support by monthly direct debit so that I don't forget.
THEIR DONATIONS SHOT UP WHEN TORIES CALLED THEM WOKE
And FOOTBALLERS get called 'heroes'? Do me a favour.............!!!
The lifeboat crews are all volunteers and don't gat paid any salary. What you're looking at are trainers' (teachers') salaries, NOT the crew-members.
5:35 They're volunteers buddy. The RNLI is a charity.
Hard for an American to get their heads round but all these mem and women are volunteer unpaid.
On busy stations there are a few full time salaried people.
It’s a voluntary service…most people that’s volunteer for the RNLI have grown up around these area
The majority of RNLI crew are unpaid volunteers (but there are a few paid full time staff)
The lifeboat crews are volunteers, they don't get paid.
They are volunteers
Unpaid volunteers who deserve to be paid a Kings Ransom for what they do. Magnificent.
there boats are built to self turn so always land upright
If i didn't have job that can't be dropped at the drop of a hat as i work at sea i would volunteer for the rnli
Volunteers mate apart from the coxswain who is employed full time I believe
Read the story of Grace Darling. It’s interesting.
Look, it is a charity they do it for free, they may be Bank managers or lawyers or just work in a shop. Typically they are above average education and average wage and can take time out. I know the sea, as a boy went on my uncle's lobster fishing boat in Cornwall, been diving off scotland in fishing boats. The Sea around Britain can be seriously rough. More recently I've been in Rigid Inflatable Boats off South Africa we call them RIBs. You see RIBs towards the end of the film. This is a reinforced inflatable boat that is virtually unsinkable. At the back you have two 200Bhp outboards. That is like Two Porche engines on your boat, in a flat sea they will do 50Mph+ in waves they take off and fly. In the film I think you had up to 5m waves. I have been thrown off of a fast RIB in 3 metre swell, clinging onto a rope for grim death but bang and I'm gone, double pirouette into the sea. I'm not RNLI, I do the sea for fun. They are Heroes
They're all unpaid volunteers mate
The average salary for the crew is £0.
They give their time for free as they are 'volunteers'.
Hiya ,most RNLI life boats are designed to be self righting ,if they turn turtle they should right themselves , RNLI "volunteers" are not paid ❤❤.
They are NOT paid. They volunteer.
They work for free, its a charity.
There is no salary. The crews are volunteers. They don't get paid
no pay just volunteer rescues
Heroes who do it for nothing.
ITS VOLUNTARY
and the rnli is all volunteer,so nobody is paid,
Not quite, there’s one possibly two positions that are paid within the various stations, one is the Coxswain and the other is the mechanic, all others are pure volunteers, the big exception is Poole which is the headquarters and workshops for the R.N.L.I. where the Shannon class are built and the Severns are being refitted
Average salary 0.