Life or Death?
To come back to Earth for a second; several posts on the enormous responsibility of the job......true.....but we're talking about Student pay on this thread. I think you will find that validation holding controllers who really do bear an awesome responsibility for safety will do rather well out of the pay deal. Something to look forward to! Believe me when I say that once you're past the short transitory training phase this job is Great...and the pay is OK....even if it does seem to be robbing Peter to pay Paul.