ULM,
And while you are contemplating the politically motivated Civil Air action
Come on, what political motivation is there here? The actions of this association have been very reasonable given what they have been dealing with. This is no left wing union; get real.
So, if you work at one of the more 'questionable' towers, it could be your job you lose, not just a payrise
This isn't about maintaining jobs, this is about a fair days pay for a fair days work.
The issue of Tower establishment/de-establishment criterea has nothing to do with this. AsA is positioning itself to have a subsidiary company to run its towers, together with its own board and even less accountable managers. That's a whole different problem.
User pays is what we have, The way charges are dished out is again a different issue. The controllers also think its a joke the way the accounting is done.
The controllers is not where your beef should be directed, it would be better to focus on the 400+ Managers, who are on contracts of over $140K who seem to do nothing than feather their own nests by ensuring there are significant levels of management to justify their own high Salaries.
Bill Pollard left AsA earning over $400K pa, now he's on a retainer of $50K + expenses... What for....??? this is the sort of waste that should be explored, not what the controller gets...
Look at the international market, I have been and so have many of my collegues; boy the grass is greener.
Tacolote