GONZO
Firstly;
Classicwings, was your earlier question about LHR being 'top of the pile' for pay a serious one?
Errr...........................NO!
(Please bear in mind my light hearted comments again about Stansted handling more pax than Manchester- despite the fact that I know this has no relation to ATCO salaries at either unit) AND
Secondly;
I would wager that the vast majority of us at LL would kill for the chance to do radar as well as tower. That was certainly the case in the rest room today when we discussed this thread.
Oh, I bet you all wish you had been employed by NATS in the 'golden era' when working in ATC was almost a paid hobby and airports (including LHR) still had combined Tower and Radar functions!!
PRIVATE SANDWICHES
pax numbers have bugger all to do with ATCO pay.
I wish there was a better smiley in my menu box to emphasise the fact that I wasn't actually being serious in trying to relate pax no.s at airports to the wealth of ATCO's!