ATC salaries are falling behind due to rampant inflation
VERY true, but so slowly we don't really notice. This should probably be a whole thread of it's own.
Using beer price inflation my take-home has gone from about 1000 pints a month at the bottom of the scale to about 1000 pints a month at the top of the scale (there should be a 3-4 times difference)
Using car price inflation a 3 year old car used to cost a little over one month take home and now costs 3 months take home.
Using house price inflation the first flat I bought has gone from twice my annual pay at the bottom to twice my pay at the top.