I am new to this site and thought I would start off with a quick rant! I am about to embark on my B2 self study adventure.Mainly due to the poor wages on offer as a permy mech fitter (21 to 29k on average). I have been out of the RAF for a number of years now and am sick to my back teeth of these companies who rely on a local pool of ex-forces techs who have a full pension and want a job on their doorstep. Wake up! They are using your penson, something you have worked 22 yrs for, away from your family and in dangerous countries to subsidise a quite shocking rate of pay. These companies are taking advantage of you. A girl who checks in baggage where I work earns more than a mech working for Serco or Vosper Thornycroft!!! Who has more responsibility??? Shocking, and by letting them get away with it, you are as to blame as them. Do you think one day they are going to wake up and realise they are ripping you off? They know that already.
Just Say NO!!