I can't help but think both the journalists and the peole being quoted are misinformed or is it me? It turns out some of these people on strike earn 500,000 euros (£424) a year, which is more than the UK prime minister." They understand the importance of tourism to the economy. "The sense I'm getting is that people are incredibly frustrated here. In today's article BBC News - Britons warned to expect Spain flight strike delays You need to compare total packages rather than just salary to get a meaningful comparison. Also, the cost of living was substantially higher than my home country. My own situation in my last ATC outfit, if you include all allowances, meant that to earn the same in my home country I would have needed to earn in the region of €360,000, but my salary was nowhere near that sum and with changing exchange rates would now be substantially lower. These can add up to quite substantial outgoings if you have to pay them yourself out of your salary.
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Many Middle East packages also include free accommodation and free utility bills. If you work in the Middle East you generally don't pay any tax, so you need to add your local tax rate to that to compare. So, if you treated yourself to a top of the range car every year it would have been quite a saving. To give you a couple of examples, if you had worked for Eurocontrol a few years ago you would have been entitled to purchase a tax-free car every year, if you were French. Then you have to convert an overseas salary to your own currency to get a true comparison. It's not quite as simple as that, I'm afraid, because what I think you are looking for, a comparison of salaries can be very misleading.Ī low salary in a country with a low cost of living could give you an equally good living as someone living where you live.Īlso, allowances and perks are generally not included in salary. At least I think I do.Īnyway back to my Warsteiner, a beer I was introduced to by a SNCO controller who knew his stuff.Ĭan anybody out there shine some light on ATC salaries, for different countries please. I will have to get back to you on that one, although I did hear that one graduate from Cranwell won a game of Risk once!īy the way I am a Uk civil controller who has worked with Mil controllers so I know the gossip. A place where the some of the greatest military minds have been trained such as : Not to mention a tax free lump sum on leaving, 21/2k a year towards personal training every year for 3 years.īest of all, the majority get the magnificent honour of quickly raising their right hand to the forehead (in an expeditious manner) to pay homage whenever they come across a demi god who has attended a course only for the best/elite at the greatest military academy ever conceived - Cranwell. They also get the privalige of parade practice, GDT, guard duty and importantly of all - free clothes for work (usually blue or grey in colour). Other perks aswell such as cheap booze in the mess (Have to be a member of the officer or sgt's mess to control). Not to mention cheap food (how many jobs can you get 3 square meals every day for under a fiver). They also get subsidised accomodation, free sports facilities, free dental, free medical and an excellent non contributary pension scheme.
UK Mil controllers earn £45 - £55 K typically.
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