No, but there are some who will not work for less than £40K and no more than 10 hours a week. It's either that or they'd rather sit at home and claim benefits.
To be fair, I don't think soaringhigh650 is talking specifically about ATCOs with this statement, more about the UK Benefit system.
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Soaringhigh650, with respect everything else you mention is nothing more than the ramblings of the ignorant.
Your profile doesn't exactly say much apart from 'flying' so please enlighten us as to just exactly what knowledge are you bringing to the argument?
No, but there are some who will not work for less than £40K and no more than 10 hours a week. It's either that or they'd rather sit at home and claim benefits.
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And airspace users are getting VERY pissed off having to pay your pension as well as the salaries of other ATCO fatcats!
Care to explain? ATC is a service industry. airspace users pay for the service, or do you think that all the expensive infrastructure to maintain safety in a complex environment should be given to you for free?
Every industry charges its customers money. Part of those charges go towards staff costs. Depending on the industry, it could be a higher percentage of the income that goes to staff pay. For example, ATC is a very labour intensive job, hence the larger proportion of costs go towards staffing.
Go down to ASDA and start complaining that you are unhappy paying so much for a tin of beans... after all if they didn't pay their staff, they could reduce the cost of the groceries
I have far more respect for front-line soldiers who go into war and only earn half that amount.
Front line soldiers get paid the going rate, there is no shortage of willing recruits. Like it or not when it comes to hiring staff for any job, market forces, to a geart extent, dictate the salaries. Respecting front line soldiers has absolutely nothing to do with ATC renumeration or route charges.
For the record though, and just to keep you straight, I too have respect for them, after all I was one of 'them' before I joined NATS, as were many of my colleagues... I suggest you talk about something you understand
So come mate, this is a free speech forum, but before you come on talking rubbish about things you know little about, tell us what your 'expertise' is, because the word 'flying' as an interest on your profile means nothing.
Many a pre-pubescent child is 'interested in flying'... having read some of your other posts, I personally think your are a hobby pilot, done most of your flying in the US where there are vast areas of clear airspace, who whinges about having to pay for a service, yet is (unlike some of the GA community) happy to see extensions of CAS as long as it isn't Class A, as it affords you some protection when you are bimbling around (but still don't want to pay for it)
Not far from the mark am I? As stated, this is a free speech forum, but please don't deride people when you know little about the subject (a fact easily gleaned when reading posts you have made on other threads)