As in any job, the more experienced you are the greater the financial rewards should be.
However, we do a job that is different from the norm, it all boils down to RESPONSIBILITY.
Those ATCO's on T&D who have achieved a validation are just as responsible and accountable as those who have 20yrs in the job and should therefore be paid accordingly.
Being able to work on your own licence and the inherent responsibilities ahould be rewarded, we all do the same job, so why should there be a Training and Development pay scale.
Once you're valid, your training stops, that puts an end to the trainining issue.
Development is a difficult one, no twodays are the same in this job, so we are all continually developing our skills and adapting to meet the requirements of the job.
I would argue that development is an ongoing issue throughout the career of an ATCO.
We should all be paid for the job we do. If you are valid then you should be paid on the ATCO scale and not be limited to a scale which does not award the achievements you have made.
T&D is a joke, the sooner it is sorted out, the better.
Morale is at an all time low at the moment, with the impending threat of PPP.
A happy ATCO is a productive ATCO and will work harder to push the traffic.
An unhappy ATCO is one who will tell a/c to take up the hold and wait a while until they can be bothered to do something with them.
Safety is our prime responsibility, none of us will knowingly doanything to compromise that, but its about time things changed for the better.
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