Originally Posted by
derpelikan
well these numbers are wow...
but on the other hand, these guys have a very stressy job. friend of mine did it, and he couldnt do it more than 7years.
not enough people working, stressy job.
i heard in germany you start with 70K + per year if you start, and get more and more money.
but 900K per year for that job is
From what I understand from seeing endless news clips about this last week, the guy earning 900k was putting in overtime and bumping his salary in other ways (similar to how some British GP Doctors get megasalaries.
The real scandal is that many of these controllers are employed at tiny rinkydink airports with under 50 flights a day. (Only 9 of the Spanish airports turned a profit last year with Alicante being the most profitable).
And getting into the profession there... some commentators called it a 'caste' with sons stepping into their father's and even grandfather's roles.
So, 300k -according to most Spanish news reports (I think it was 130Euros an hour, supposedly double the rate paid elsewhere in Europe) for controlling an airport with under 40 flights a day, that's hardly a stressy job.