NATS professes to want to be the best in the business.
Airlines pay ca £10000pa to training captains
NATS pays £1200pa (before tax) to ATCO OJTIs
(prior to 2001, if you were top of the scale you got diddly squat)
It is up to ATSAa and ATCOs not to sell themselves short. Remember every time you plug in with a trainee you are potentially putting your licence at risk. That risk should carry a price. That price should be paid by NATS.
Makes it all the more galling when non-operational instruction (no risk) gets ATCO2 scales, and OJTIs at airports (big risk) are restricted to ATCO3 scales.
Discuss