I know where Chris is coming from.
He has been bitten by the bug and wants in.
The sad fact is that the industry has only started to shrink and as MOL said last month, only a few will survive.
On the other hand , handling companies are going through staff like smarties and are churning out some of the worst trained clueless staff that I have ever seen.
I have left the ground / flight ops game after 24 years, 1 air force and 5 airlines and have seen the industry go down the toilet.
Pay has remained at the same level for ops controllers for the last 10 years , and the last thing that airlines want is a licenced work force able to stand its ground and demand better pay and working conditions.
Chav air is here to stay and from what I have seen , staff would rather stab each other in the back than stand up for pay and conditions.