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Air traffic controllers refusing to cooperate with new technology a.k.a. looking for a 6% pay rise and for them to contribute to their own pension.
I know a few ATC and all of them that I know came into the job with their leaving cert only and got trained up by their employer. The Irish aviation authority.
Their conditions are excellent. If it's quiet on a night shift as long as their is sufficient cover the others can go to beddy byes on the couch until they're called.I'd love to be able to sleep at work when it got a bit quiet.
Once their 2 years training is done (18,969k a year while training) they earn twice the industrial wage as a basic and overtime + shift allowance can add another third onto this. They do a great job, but it is their job . We all do a great job, Well done everybody for doing a great job.
Their pension is fantastic but they still want more , more , more and they'll scream and scream and scream until they get it.
A reality check is needed by the ATC and alot of other spoilt employees around the state.
I work for a small subsidiary of a foreign financial institution. We are currently fighting for our future in this Country and had senior directors due to fly in this afternoon for a meeting. We had to cancel that and arrange a telephone conference. Just thy type of picture that we want to create when trying to convince people of the benefits of being in this Country.
I sympathise, but only the other week France had ATC strikes, not long ago Italy was at a standstill because of a baggage handlers strike. It's not a judgement on Ireland no matter how much the media assists in portraying it as such, it's a sign of the times.
They don't take anyone with a leaving cert, train them up and put them in the ATC so lets not pretend it is some cushy number.
Having said that, there doesn't seem to be any logical reason for this strike.
Mr Kavanagh said airports could not operate in an environment of uncertainty and he called on controllers to resume normal working practices, to drop a pay rise claim and to pay a contribution towards their pension.
“They are among the best-paid public servants in the country,” he said.
“On average, they cost the Irish Aviation Authority €160,000 each. Earnings for the top 10% of controllers in the country last year ranged from €170,000 to €230,000.
“They work 182 days a year, they have 137 rest days, and 36 days holidays – in addition to 10 public holidays.
Sunny, You are wrong. They do take people with just their leaving cert and they do train them up. Where are you getting your information from.
I suggest you go to the IAA web page
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/air-traffic-control-strike-likely-to-escalate-442670.html
Sounds like a cushy number to me!
Of course, these poor darlings must be entitled to the money. The glorious Irish sense of entitlement flows all the way down from TDs.
I actually feel sorry for Ryanair. Michael O Leary must be mad to stay in this sad joke of a country.
Same applies for many thousands of people across the world. Many people have mission critical jobs where lives are often at risk.You're right, damn them all the work-shy feckers.
Oh except that when they do work it requires continuous holding of concentration for prolonged hours. You can't just answer an email or book a flight (joke!). So they are given greater time off because the mental effort of being responsible for every single aircraft that entires Irish Airspace is quite tough.
Well we agree on that.But, yeah, lazy gits should be thankful they've got a job.
I would say that it's a very badly designed system that has no failsafes.would never like to take on that responsibility since one moment's lapse in concentration could result in hundreds of deaths and what would you all say then?!
I would say that it's a very badly designed system that has no failsafes.
As I said earlier, thousands of people across the world regularly do mission critical work where lives can be at stake. Of course, in Ireland you have to get half the year off and massive amounts of money to do this work.
The gulf between public and private widens each day. Do these people not realise that once all the business that rely on airports go bust, there will be no one to pay their inflated wages?
Doh!No ATC system in the world is 100% failsafe. None.
Mr Kavanagh said...
“They are among the best-paid public servants in the country,” he said.
“On average, they cost the Irish Aviation Authority €160,000 each. Earnings for the top 10% of controllers in the country last year ranged from €170,000 to €230,000.
“They work 182 days a year, they have 137 rest days, and 36 days holidays – in addition to 10 public holidays
-- Based on this they earn 880 euro per day on average. Seems very high to me. What do their equivalents at other (far busier) airports get paid I wonder?
Doh!
I said no failsafes, not 100% safe!
Like in deadman's handle for trains - that sort of thing.
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