Spanish ATCOs earning £800,000 two years ago! Anything changed?

[Out The Gap]

allrounder99, if that IFATCA article is the one I think it is, (circa Autumn 2010 in the build-up to the strike), it mentions three LEMD ATCOs who worked allegedly every single day for an entire year, giving them the colossal overtime that caught the attention of the media.

Thanks candor for exposing the figures and how Spanish salaries have been drastically slashed, almost overnight. Now lets see if the media will be as quick to excite/enrage the Spanish public as they did before... hardly.

[pablo]

Isn't it illegal to work 365 days in a row?
It's mentioned before in this thread that it was part of an experiment, but even so... what would be the scope of that? (other than a huge paycheck?)

[SINGAPURCANAC]

three LEMD ATCOs who worked allegedly every single day for an entire year,

stupid,
greed ,
or least likely, desperate for money(i.e they need money for something else other than greed motives such as bigger car, bigger flat, a new fashion collection...)?

and

what kind of system you have when some people work evry single day?
No one reacts,
managers,
union leaders,
profesional association excutives,
work inspection,
tax office.....

anyhow your system , not atcos, deserves large scale cleaning.

[Out The Gap]

Yes pablo, it was actually me who mentioned it earlier in post #16 It was an IFATCA article with excerpts/interviews from Spanish ATCOs, that mentioned the dual-runways project at LEMD. Maybe it is illegal to work every single day of the year (I'm not sure of Spanish law), but it wouldn't be the first time Aena engaged in unsavoury work practices, now would it?

By the way, when will the first FerroNATS personnel 'arrive' in your tower? And what is your attitude to them doing so?

[Daermon ATC]

Originally Posted by pablo

Isn't it illegal to work 365 days in a row?

I know you made that question as a rethorical hook so I'll bite to let non-spanish readers have a bit of insight.

Spanish atcos can be ordered by law 9/2010 to work 365 days a year if needed. Sure, there are other regulations stating we can't (Worker's Statute for example) but the catch is that those are of lesser rank that the above law.

As a practical example, spanish atcos protested to the arbiter who made our current workframe with Aena about some abusive interpretations by the company, specifically by using a 6-2 shift (6 days work, 2 days off... no, no additional "sleeping day"). The arbiter agreed with us and ordered that Aena was not to continue using that roster ... you want to know what Aena did?

Yep, you got it. They invoqued article 2.1 of the aforementioned law and said that in order to provide ats thy would have to mantain thos shifts... and that's it.

[pablo]

Rather than rethorical, I was meaning that even though it was claimed to be an "experiment", I don't know to which extent it's legal anyway.
In any case, that 'experiment' was performed before the new rules, wasn't it?

The new rules are a shame (besides the schedules, also paying for ATCO training is a shame, only country in Europe that does that).

[Spitoon]

....also paying for ATCO training is a shame, only country in Europe that does that).

You may find a few Brit-trained controllers will disagree with you there.