i worked as a holiday rep for a few years, after leaving that and wanting to put down some roots, i joined the police service as a control room operator for the metropolitan police. They have 3 sites ; Lambeth, Hendon, Bow. Ive been there for 5 years and my salary is aprox £31,000 per anum for a 37 hour week (12 hour shifts) . I do however do overtime and my salary last year was aprox £53k (yes i worked bloody hard for it) also your eligible for a key worker flat in a cushty development) and theres always drama going on on the floor!
I work with a couple of ex-crew. One loves it (hours suit round her family life), the other wants to go back to flying, as she misses it to much. Saying that she can afford the wage drop as she's just married a rich police sergeant!