How will the college ever get/keep good instructors if they are deemed as a lower grade and paid accordingly?
I find that offensive.
Do you mean deemed a lower grade such as a Band 2 Atco like myself and therefore would not make a good instructor?
It may be true on the NERL side but it is awful from the NSL side that college instructors are the highest paid when some of them, not all, cannot validate at units and hold a licence!
How about get rid of the NSL college and farm everyone through an outside source. We haven't had anyone posted in to our place for years and yet are paying for it which diminishes the profit that we do make (and we do make a profit!). It is again part of our overheads as are all the admin staff/ middle managers, chief scientist, etc etc that contribute little to the running of a regional airport. Also some have had huge pay rises (management, band 5 units) over the last few years in comparison which in turn has increased their pension rights and we have all suffered as a result.