Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and DispatchA forum for the people who are engaged in operational control/flight dispatch/crewing and their colleagues airside in ramp dispatch, load control and ground handling, to discuss issues directly related to keeping their aircrew and aircraft operational.
UK based, 21 years in various airlines, 6 on, rest, 7 off (off weeks disturbed by contract hours shortfall) usual leave (buggered if it's poss to take it, or where you want to take it) Supervisor of Ops and Crewing, perm nights:
operations controler for a gha, 4 days on 4 days off, 11.5 hour shifts
supervisiong dispatchers, weight and balance, loadsheets, sending signals, updting company computer systems and airline specific systems with delay codes ect, answering radios, phones and other tasks, dealing with crew transport and accom, as the airline itself is too lazy to do it !
UK based, 2 days, 24 swing 2 nights 12hrs per shift.
6 weeks holiday per year.
£3960 per month before tax.
non-contributary pension.
Free Health care and gym membership.
75-100 ac fleet,
but of overseas travel
retired with pension (1/3-1/2 salary) and 1 years salary tax free at 55.
Anyone have a clue as to how Gulf based ground ops appointments stack up against those from elsewhere?
Given they can pick the best right now and probably get away with paying the least, some kind of ballpark figure would be interesting, say for Dispatch Officer or Ground Ops Manager ?
Take home for a load controller at Glasgow, computerised and manual loadsheet trained for just about bloody everything, airside driving permit, ops supervisor experience working for a national ground handling agent, 6-on/3-off (sometimes!)...
Salary just over £1200, normally about £200 shift pay on top of that, to average out around £1150/mth take home after all deductions (tax, NI, union membership and odd days they decide not to pay!).
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