Santa & Whitaker are negotiating a green Chri$tmas!

How you going to count passengers for Z’s if that’s the case they would be like level 14 they are working more passengers then any tower or Tracon.
Another note to consider are the people being stuck at lower and mid level facilities for way longer then ever before and shouldn’t be penalized for such: lower high three by no choice of their own. NATCA needs to work on getting all of the pay bands raised. This career is paying shit for anything below a 7 and they wonder why the quality has been going down.
Zs would be a completely separate formula than terminal facilities.

But I think all Zs should be 12s anyway lol. In reality, like I said in the post above, let’s start ranking by area, not facility as a whole. My Z doesn’t need the 2 slowest areas in the NAS dragging us down a pay level.
 
I saw it mentioned somewhere and thought it would be nice. Longevity incentives/raises for being at a facility for x amount of time. Helps the people that want to stay at their facility make more and also helps the facility keep seasoned personnel around for training purposes.
I'm sure the people who are stuck at a level 4 would love knowing they can lose all their raises if they want an actual raise
 
I'm sure the people who are stuck at a level 4 would love knowing they can lose all their raises if they want an actual raise
I didn’t read the other thread in depth but, unless i misunderstood it, you keep your raises when you transfer and it just gets added in once you cpc at the new fac? If not, you lose the raises now as it stands, so the only thing that would change is you get a little extra help while being stuck and/or wanting to stay at a facility. Don’t see how that’s a negative 🤷‍♂️
 
I don’t think I have ever agreed with CoffeeIV on anything.

However, Coffee is spot on here. Passenger counts should absolutely be a factor in determining facility level. The aviation industry has changed immensely since the creation of our current system. We have more responsibility than ever (more passengers responsible for) and yet facilities are getting downgraded more and more.

For all you VFR tower folks, yes, there are some towers that work hard. Generally speaking, most VFR towers (and I’m talking those without much commercial presence) work hard for an hour, then do nothing for multiple hours on end. On top of that, many are super seasonal, which affect that count as well.

I think there almost needs to be a few “classes” created when determining new pay levels as it relates to the primary function of each airport.

1. Z’s
2. Commercial Airports and core 30
3. VFR/secondary Airports
So a Z controller that works 2 A380s in an hour should get paid more than the Z controller working 50 biz jets into Aspen that each have 3 people on board?
 
Zs would be a completely separate formula than terminal facilities.

But I think all Zs should be 12s anyway lol. In reality, like I said in the post above, let’s start ranking by area, not facility as a whole. My Z doesn’t need the 2 slowest areas in the NAS dragging us down a pay level.
They are separate. And slow areas don’t always drag you down but yes sometimes they can. The union has not and would likely never support pay by area because it would generate a net loss in FPL/wages.

I saw it mentioned somewhere and thought it would be nice. Longevity incentives/raises for being at a facility for x amount of time. Helps the people that want to stay at their facility make more and also helps the facility keep seasoned personnel around for training purposes.
Also helps the people that already got helped by hitting the facility lotto from the start.
 
It takes an incredible amount of skill to say “AFR123 XXX Center Roger.” Then hit the datacomm TOC to switch them to the next sector.

It takes an incredible amount of skill to straw-man the intended point of the post instead of actually addressing the fact that passenger count means jack shit in terms of controller workload. If pax count DID matter, then I’ll be happy to hear how working X number of aircraft is more demanding if they’re full of people vs… say boxes/packages. ANC MEM and SDF must really love this hot take where more passengers means more work….
 
At a mid level tower a vfr shit box is ten times more work than a jet blue airbus. PAX count should be taken into account because those are the people that pay the bills, but it should’nt be the only thing
 
It takes an incredible amount of skill to straw-man the intended point of the post instead of actually addressing the fact that passenger count means jack shit in terms of controller workload. If pax count DID matter, then I’ll be happy to hear how working X number of aircraft is more demanding if they’re full of people vs… say boxes/packages. ANC MEM and SDF must really love this hot take where more passengers means more work….
Maybe I should’ve put /s at the end of my post. Relax, man.
 
True but if you live your life worrying about what someone else is getting instead of focusing on you and your family (which sums up a lot of this workforce), it’s going to lead to a lot of unnecessary misery.
That is a common problem throughout the NAS but that’s not what I was getting at. I meant was who really needs the help more? Triage. Priority. Always relevant.
 
That is a common problem throughout the NAS but that’s not what I was getting at. I meant was who really needs the help more? Triage. Priority. Always relevant.
Your post didn’t indicate you disagreed with the idea, just that people placed at what is deemed a desirable facility shouldn’t get it. So, how do you determine who should/shouldn’t benefit? I think everyone should benefit from something like this instead of “well, you were placed at DEN, so you don’t need this.” Should be about the overall collective and not just individual. The main point of this thread is about getting a raise/more money for people in the interim whilst they try to convince Congress to give us something substantial or increase the pay bands overall.
 
So a Z controller that works 2 A380s in an hour should get paid more than the Z controller working 50 biz jets into Aspen that each have 3 people on board?
That Z controller in the second scenario is getting paid the same as the ZSE controller working minimal traffic 😊. And two levels lower than the TRACON they feed 😊, and less than most the 11 Zs who work less traffic 😊
 
Your post didn’t indicate you disagreed with the idea, just that people placed at what is deemed a desirable facility shouldn’t get it. So, how do you determine who should/shouldn’t benefit? I think everyone should benefit from something like this instead of “well, you were placed at DEN, so you don’t need this.” Should be about the overall collective and not just individual. The main point of this thread is about getting a raise/more money for people in the interim whilst they try to convince Congress to give us something substantial or increase the pay bands overall.
I’m for any raise, sure. But they got 99 problems to solve before they get to ‘how do we help only the people who are happy where they’re currently stationed’
 
I’m for any raise, sure. But they got 99 problems to solve before they get to ‘how do we help only the people who are happy where they’re currently stationed’
I feel like you’re not understanding or purposely glossing over the entire idea just to focus on how to make sure someone that is happy doesn’t get the same benefit as those who aren’t where they want to be..
 
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