Pay scales "minimum" and "maximum" amounts?

oresama420 Newcomer

I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me how it is determined whether a controller will receive the minimum or maximum amount as listed on the controller pay scale? Or somewhere in between I guess? Why would one controller who works at a level 12 facility get payed $30,000 more than another controller who works at a level 12 facility?

polo708 Epic Member tower

Its all about time...

Day 1 in that pay band you will receive the minimum... you will move up in the pay band slowly based off of years until you reach the maximum.

Someone who has been certified 20 years should be paid more than someone certified for 1 year.


sidenote: is that a drug reference in your screenname? lol. Good luck with that

DairyCreamer Senior Member Elsewhere

Also, if someone transfers in to a facility from a higher paid position (like from a higher to lower level facility), they will either keep pay and be somewhere within the band, or if their basic pay exceeds the band maximum, they will be placed at the band max.

~Nate

oresama420 Newcomer

That makes sense, for the most part at least. With that in mind however, there are no set rules with regards to when and how you move to the maximum? Is it just arbitrary whenever your facility feels like bumping you up, and by how much?

mklatval Rookie Burlington VT

It depends, under the new contract it's a three percent raise every year.

DairyCreamer Senior Member Elsewhere

It's not by facility, it's FAA wide. Now, for the current contract, yes, through 2012, controllers who are in/above the paybands will recieve a 3% plus locality raise per year, period.

Traditionally, it was a reciept of whatever raise the President gave all federal employees plus locality. White book created a pay-for-performance system where your facility could affect how much of a raise you got plus locality.

The FAA would adjust the pay bands up by X percent, and your raise would be Y percent with Y normally being bigger than X, so you would move up in the band a small amount. This is going to be a generally moot point though with the Red Book bands and pay advancement and how defined it is. Go read the articles for the details.

~Nate

nycdude26 Junior Member

Any ideas what to do with our white books when the new one comes out? I wonder what color it will be...

TOWER_BOY1 Senior Member brooklyn NY

green for cash$$$$$$$

atcbrownie Trusted Member Warrenton Va

its going to be red

Krishan46 Newcomer

I'm guessing that how much you work nights (10%+) and sundays(25%+) also affects where you fall within the min/max range, correct?

Are controllers paid hourly or are they on salary?