Lets get this straight.... 2000 days overtime paid at double time= 4000 days salary. That would pay the wages of 11 full time controllers and no one in management seems to think there's a problem with that.
Not quite.
You forget the liability for sick pay, training costs, pension, leave, maternity pay, insurance etc etc. Overtime is just as good for the IAA as it is for the ATCOs.
That is why ATCOs dont want an end to overtime - they want the system adjusted and the pay increased but they still want to be able to do overtime.
Thus it seems that if the IAA was to put in place a solid plan that would bring an end to overtime permanently, there would be quite a few disapointed ATCO's.
Customers must press the IAA to end any requirement for overtime. Otherwise we will be back in the same situation in 2 years time when more money is wanted for doing overtime.
Very few well paid jobs I know of where you are goig to get the leave you want when you want unless you are at the top of a points system or whatever method they use.
Regards,
DFC