True Old Fokker, but as you say that was then and this is now. 2000 hours per year as an english teacher in Madrid is 4166 euros per month in Madrid before basic benefits. . As Jtoledo says though those figures no longer are the real issue , as for Zapaterro and his bunch of a** clowns they are earning a lot more than their predecessors were ten years ago. People keep pointing at the "money" but its not the issue. Looking into the eyes of a spanish controller coming off shift is almost frightening , red eyed , bleary , not all there because they are fatigued and fed up.