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Subject: [Aus-soaring] Want to be an air traffic controller? Enough to bring John Welsh back out of retirement..............................$463,000 salary SPAIN'S ATC MESS BOILS OVER (AGAIN) <http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1786-full.html#203740> Friday, air traffic controllers in Spain staged a massive "sickout" just three months since they last voted to strike, nearly one year since reports of their sometimes $1 million-plus salaries, and amidst economists' musings that the country may require a financial bailout. Roughly 90 percent of controllers abandoned their posts Friday, resulting in a massive shutdown of airports and airspace, affecting thousands of flights. Three controllers did arrive to Madrid's Barajas airport to aid arrivals there. The controllers have been involved in contract negotiations over work conditions, wages and privileges. The talks intensified early in 2010 when the government proposed restricted overtime. That alone effectively reduced the average salary of Spanish controllers from about $463,000 to $264,000 annually, according to the WashingtonExaminer <http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/2010/12/spain-air-traffic-authorit y-closes-madrid-airport> . The controllers union now says the country's 2,300 controllers are overworked and have already put in their maximum number of hours for 2010. They also timed their strike for increased impact. -- Sent from my Mosquito VH-FQD Try Gliding www.gliding.com.au
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