Airservices Australia Recruiting Initiative

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What's Up! Appears Airservices Australia is hiring FAA Controllers. Anyone interested, follow the link in news article for the hiring/application process. Appears jobs are for TWR/TRACON/CENTER.


Australia l is expensive but far better working conditions and equipment.
 
What's Up! Appears Airservices Australia is hiring FAA Controllers. Anyone interested, follow the link in news article for the hiring/application process. Appears jobs are for TWR/TRACON/CENTER.


Australia l is expensive but far better working conditions and equipment.
So less pay but better conditions and equipment ? 🤣
 
Less traffic, better QOL, and I believe their union can strike. (Someone else correct me if I am wrong) Plus having an ICAO license is a golden ticket globally. The world is much bigger than just sticking to the grind day in and day out.
Turns out the American dream is no longer in America. When you have a highly specialized career field arguably at the pinnacle of their careers in the FAA jumping ship to other countries, that just tells you all you need to know about what this country and this job has been turning into
 
Turns out the American dream is no longer in America. When you have a highly specialized career field arguable at the pinnacle of their careers in the FAA jumping ship to other countries, that just tells you all you need to know about what this country and this job has been turning into

Agreed. A lot of people are looking elsewhere. At this point it seems just to be a contest to live and provide. The few I know that do this internationally say they would never return and that the work mentality (globally) seems to stress worker health and time off.
 
Fixed it. Australia is gonna realize quickly how many are just exploring options without the real intent to move without a big push (like making us work longer for a pension etc).
I certainly had considered applying. My wife sure wants me to. But yeah, of all the asinine proposals I've seen, I haven't seen one that is bad enough to make me go for it. It's really F'ed that they're considering trying to ***STEAL*** our SS supplement (and it IS stealing, since we pay extra into retirement for it). But I'll still be able to retire early 50s without it. I'm not seeing a scenario where moving to OZ will let me have that, too.

Anyway, if they do STEAL our benefits, we should all definitely remember that it's illegal to strike, just like it's illegal to run a third term or strip funding that was allocated by congress or ignore judges orders or deport American Citizens etc etc.
 
I certainly had considered applying. My wife sure wants me to. But yeah, of all the asinine proposals I've seen, I haven't seen one that is bad enough to make me go for it. It's really F'ed that they're considering trying to ***STEAL*** our SS supplement (and it IS stealing, since we pay extra into retirement for it). But I'll still be able to retire early 50s without it. I'm not seeing a scenario where moving to OZ will let me have that, too.

Anyway, if they do STEAL our benefits, we should all definitely remember that it's illegal to strike, just like it's illegal to run a third term or strip funding that was allocated by congress or ignore judges orders or deport American Citizens etc etc.
Do we pay extra for the SS supplement? I thought it was for the “good time” we pay an extra .5%. Maybe they collect more FICA but the cap is the same across for everyone as far as I know. But if they make me work to 62 here I could still go get a full 20 years in Australia and be the same age. Plus be in gorgeous Australia.
 
The Reddit post in question specifically said 9 accepted offers for Australia
When it come time to quit and move I guarantee it won’t be nine moving. That’s my point. I know 5 people who have accepted offers. None are moving unless shit hits the fan here with our retirement. It’s just having a backup plan in case it does.
 
Do we pay extra for the SS supplement? I thought it was for the “good time” we pay an extra .5%. Maybe they collect more FICA but the cap is the same across for everyone as far as I know. But if they make me work to 62 here I could still go get a full 20 years in Australia and be the same age. Plus be in gorgeous Australia.
Eh, I guess I could be off on the SS supplement.

Anyways, are there any serious proposals to raise our retirement minimums? Or just rumblings/speculation?
 
So the answer is yes less pay but better conditions is worth it. I’ll be sure to remind more people that
Yes actually.

If I was on 32 hr weeks making what I make currently I would still feel like we should be paid more but would complain about pay far less as I wouldn't be spending 6 days a week at work and would have a much better quality of life

If I'm going to be worked into the ground then I need to be compensated appropriately especially when you take into consideration how highly skilled the career is
 
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