Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodrigo Zapatero has approved austerity measures to partially privatise airports."
Mr. Reagan please pick up the white courtesy phone...
“The strike completely shut down travel into and out of Madrid-Barajas airport — a central hub in the capital city — as well as the airspace over the holiday islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, and Menorca, a trio known as the Balaeric islands. Flights into Barcelona and Sevilla were drastically reduced but not canceled. The El Pais newspaper estimated that at least 250,000 passengers were already affected by the walk-out.”
Daily Mail
Coming to an airport near you?
Fire them. Fire them all.
See RWR for the methodology.
Fire em all like Ronald Maximus did.
Holy Toledo!
Spanish air traffic controllers can earn a staggering £800,000 a year, despite holding numerous strikes over the past few years and causing hell for British holidaymakers.
Many are earning up to ten times more than the Spanish prime minister, and more than 50 times the average salary in the country.
Their huge pay scale will come as something of a surprise to Britons whose holidays have been ruined by striking controllers.
The average basic salary is €200,000 (£176k), but most workers double or triple this by working overtime.
Of 2,300 controllers, ten were paid between €810,000 (£725k) and €900,000 last year. A further 226 were paid between €450,000 and €540,000 and 701 were paid between €270,000 and €360,000.
In Spain, air traffic controllers work 12-hour days made up of two four-hour shifts and two, two-hour rest periods. British workers are paid an average of £60,000 but this can rise to around £90,000, according to NATS, the air traffic information service. Their French counterparts take home €110,000.
Spanish air traffic controllers caused heavy delays in 2002 and 2003 by striking.
Paging Ronaldo Regano...
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