Foo
The T&D scale may not be popular, but it was originally concieved to stop the inequality of students who fail to validate at ATCO2 units after several years of unproductive work being posted to an ATCO3 unit and earning more than some of the ATCO3's who had been working on their own licence for a considerable period of time. I am even aware of at least one case at our unit when one failure to validate was taking home more than his ATCO2 watch manager!
Now where is the equality in that?
In the old system we used to hear the same arguments. Most ATCO's who were posted to airports would be valid on at least one position by graduation whereas their area counterparts would still be u\t, so the day after graduation the 3's would complain about the area people earning more while not actually putting their own licence on the line.
I would love for there to be a fair system where everyone was happy, but lets face it, whatever sytem is dreamed up, somebody will not like it. There are problems with the T&D scale, but surely it has to be fairer than the previous system.
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To infinity and beyond