Originally Posted by
Cripes
Hmmmm, 56k in SE England / London. I thought career progression meant a pay RISE!
The large SE airports' motto should be 'Come and work a lot bloody harder, for less!'.
I'm being facetious but is it really too much to ask for experienced people to be paid what they are on at the moment when they move to these bigger units, rather than start below the pay scale of ATCOs? New ATCOs fair enough, but don't lump everyone into the same bracket. (I could have got this completely wrong and there is a lower bracket for ab-initios!). KK are doing it too.
If you move from one Regional to another they match your pay or increase it. I'm sure they know what they're doing and this isn't a race to the bottom of Ts&Cs all round....
Im not doubting 56k is great for any 'real world' job. But Heathrow!?
Are you saying ATCOs are making only 56k net at London Heathrow when they join??? 56k per year?
Come on, you gotta be kidding! (I hope it's a joke or something)