ARO & WSO salaries around Aust
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So you want to be an ARO?
Started in 2004 at $19 per hour and 4am starts
By 2012 500am starts I had gone to $29 per hour
Then some smart ass manager decided to pull a few lights out to check if I was doing my job and claimed that I missed seeing them.
I said to the guy what is next, go down town and pull a few traffic lights out to see if the road patrol are paying attention?
Then last Xmas he pulled the portable genset out and ran it in the rain and blew its fuses and the airline had to divert in the storm..
Then some guy in a homebuilt lost it on take off and wiped out our Visual Approach lights, and I spent two days in the rain mounting and realigning the system using second hand bits scrounged from another AD..
We are the unwashed, lazy, mow the grass and change the light bulbs and toilet rolls.
Phone number in ersa 24/7 with calls at 5am asking what time does the plane leave?
Spoke to my FA and he said with accrued leave and super leave now dont wait until July,
So I took my small fortune and ran..
I no longer work or care to work as an ARO.
$100K motels and perks,,
who earns that at any Ad in OZ?
The CEO?
I want his job.
2 cents.
By 2012 500am starts I had gone to $29 per hour
Then some smart ass manager decided to pull a few lights out to check if I was doing my job and claimed that I missed seeing them.
I said to the guy what is next, go down town and pull a few traffic lights out to see if the road patrol are paying attention?
Then last Xmas he pulled the portable genset out and ran it in the rain and blew its fuses and the airline had to divert in the storm..
Then some guy in a homebuilt lost it on take off and wiped out our Visual Approach lights, and I spent two days in the rain mounting and realigning the system using second hand bits scrounged from another AD..
We are the unwashed, lazy, mow the grass and change the light bulbs and toilet rolls.
Phone number in ersa 24/7 with calls at 5am asking what time does the plane leave?
Spoke to my FA and he said with accrued leave and super leave now dont wait until July,
So I took my small fortune and ran..
I no longer work or care to work as an ARO.
$100K motels and perks,,
who earns that at any Ad in OZ?
The CEO?
I want his job.
2 cents.
Last edited by ZAZ; 8th Nov 2013 at 19:33. Reason: ad
$25 an hour?
I was talking to one of the hotel staff in Melbourne who spends a lot of her day loading sheets in and out of washing machines and she was on about the same.
Crazy .
I was talking to one of the hotel staff in Melbourne who spends a lot of her day loading sheets in and out of washing machines and she was on about the same.
Crazy .
And the Contract Cleaner's award will have you up to about $30/hr if you are working nights and traveling between jobs.
ARO on what ? Thats because you are not unionised along with the majority of other people !
I'd expect, though, that the $ is more if in a remote area. ?
ARO on what ? Thats because you are not unionised along with the majority of other people !
I'd expect, though, that the $ is more if in a remote area. ?
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Don't know about city airport AROs. But most FIFO/mining ARO's can expect to earn $95k-$130k a year doing either 8/6, 7/7 or 5/2/4/3 roster.
ISS, ESS, Sodexo mainly do 2/1 rosters earning $65-$80k a year.
Main issue with getting a catering company to manage your airport - the NCNs!!! Just because you have done an ARO course and have been with the company for so many years, doesn't mean you can actually manage an airport. Albeit, a small certified airport with a few charters a week.
CASA (in WA) are not huge fans of these catering companies doing the ARO work at airports. As they don't have any back office support, or their line manager is all about saving money. Rather than providing a safe service.
Most mining companies will not only offer even time rosters, but also 5-6 weeks annual leave
ISS, ESS, Sodexo mainly do 2/1 rosters earning $65-$80k a year.
Main issue with getting a catering company to manage your airport - the NCNs!!! Just because you have done an ARO course and have been with the company for so many years, doesn't mean you can actually manage an airport. Albeit, a small certified airport with a few charters a week.
CASA (in WA) are not huge fans of these catering companies doing the ARO work at airports. As they don't have any back office support, or their line manager is all about saving money. Rather than providing a safe service.
Most mining companies will not only offer even time rosters, but also 5-6 weeks annual leave
Great!
An Aerodrome Reporting Officer (ARO) is a nominated position approved by CASA. It basically just the person responsible for providing CASA/AsA with the up to date status of the Airport. Outside of those functions, you do what ever else your employer wants you to do, if anything. The ARO can be the refueller, the local Flying instructor etc. It depends on the size of the airport. It's a lot different to the Safety Officer/Operations Officer on an major airport. The ARO functions are just a small part of their job.
PS Don't believe everything a trainer tells you
PS Don't believe everything a trainer tells you
