Ok, perhaps he did not say it was stressful - but lets not whinge and whine about having to do checks and a medical once in a blue moon as this person above had. It's not a big bloody deal.
But the point is few jobs demand it so it adds a premium to our remuneration. As does shiftwork, unsociable hours, etc, etc.
No that is not me, as you would see if you read my previous posts. If you don't want to do something - say no. Pretty simple. And seriously, who cares about their bonuses. Don't worry about it. Jealousy much? FFS
I couldn't care less about what a manager earns. I care about
why. They live or die as a manager by meeting KPIs & having their project get up. Once you've been around long enough you'll see many changes driven through purely because it's a management imperative. SDE comes to mind as the latest. They swallowed the glossy brochure & the vast savings it would make hook, line & sinker, without having the resources or detailed plan in place to implement it.
There are way too many ATC's who complain and moan constantly and blow things out of proportion. If you don't like it, then leave. Why don't you? Because you either have zero qualifications or zero alternative prospects. Or for those that do, you don't leave because you know deep down you are on a pretty good deal compared to most. Stop complaining or get out. Please, for my sanity and the multitude of ATC's who have PM'ed me expressing very similar sentiments to my own.
I complain because I care about ATC as a profession & detest having the latest management fad foisted on us. Spending millions to shuffle the deck chairs so a manager can be seen to be "managing" does
nothing for my job. Their priorities and
my priorities point in different directions.
For the record, those that pm'ed (both pilots and ATC's) their support of my comments - thanks very much. Glad I'm not the only sensible one with a grip on reality. To the rest of you, its shameful that they are too worried to express their support openly - as many as easily identifiable by their posting history and wouldn't put it past some of you to hand them off 6 miles with 80 knots closing!! Sad reflection on some of you guys I'm afraid.
Your reality is a tiny circle around yourself by the sound of it. Maybe when you've been in a few more years you'll actually care about the damage being done to the job. Pay peanuts & you get monkeys.
What was the point on making that last comment? How terribly professional of you.
Your last sentence sums it up nicely - it's a sad reflection on you.