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Ph losing air traffic controllers pirated abroad
By J.Lo
"That is the problem… we are not hiring our air traffic controllers, so our air traffic controllers are being pirated abroad…we are having issues because of pay and so on…in terms of qualification, we can train Filipinos…we can make them excellent in this field, but the problem is the pay that we offer them," Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) director general Manuel Antonio Tamayo said Philippines is suffering from brain drain of aviation experts, particularly air traffic officers, as salary offered here can no longer compete with that given in Middle East. CAAP asked government to raise pay of air traffic controllers in its facilities to encourage them to stay in the country.
Tamayo said CAAP is losing aviation talents mostly to the Middle East, where starting salary is up to six times higher than what they get here.
Tamayo requested Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) to facilitate adjustment in salary grades of air traffic personnel.
He warned that without reform, Philippines would lose people who can prevent airspace shutdown from repeating in the future.
CAAP assistant director general Marlene Singson said air traffic controllers undergo at least 1.5 years of training to complete their service course.
Afterward, they are deployed to an air traffic management facility anywhere in the country to do their apprenticeship and obtain rating.
Once finished most of them start to receive job offers from Middle East like Dubai, where salary can peak to as much as P850,000 a month.
Singson said starting pay in Dubai for air traffic controller is around P380,000 monthly plus a free housing unit. For comparison, a starting air traffic management officer here gets classified under Salary Grade 20 for P51,155 a month.
In response, GCG commissioner Gideon Mortel said GCG will look into pay issue of air traffic officers working for CAAP facilities.
He vowed that GCG tasked to oversee state-run firms like CAAP is studying every option to improve air traffic management in the Philippines.
If it means raising salary of workers, Mortel said that can be reviewed along with plan to reorganize CAAP at least within the year.
The GCG inspected CAAP's facilities and was briefed by aviation officials, as it looks for answers on how CAAP lost communication and power on Jan. 1 that led to shutdown of Manila's airspace and cancellation of hundreds of flights.
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