Who decides our level of pay?
So, who is responsible for so many people leaving the mob for more money? What criteria do these people use for paying us the wage we currently receive?
Personally, as a TG1 technician, I'm a touch envious of the wages that people I used to work alongside of as equals, now receive in civvy street.
When I went into the AFCO nearly 7years ago, I asked "so how much will I get paid?".
As I recall, the reply was "You'll get paid roughly what you would in civvy street for the same job, plus an 'X' factor to make up for the rigours and inconveniences of service life". Okay then, since when did a humble civilian clerk get paid the same as fully trained Aircraft Technician? When did a civvy restaurant cook get paid the same as a civvy copper?
Have we been duped? I think so.