Málaga air traffic controller complains of 17 hour shifts

Málaga air traffic controller complains of 17 hour shifts
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By h.b. - Jun 22, 2010 - 12:17 PM
The 200 hour monthly total is also being broken, according to the denuncia

Málaga airport - EFE archive

An air traffic controller who works for the Spanish Airports Authority AENA in Málaga, has presented a denuncia to the provincial work inspectors claiming that controllers are being expected to work 17 hour long shifts.
He claims the shifts violate AENA’s own guidelines.

The denuncia, which has been seen by the El Mundo newspaper, is based on the shift rota for Málaga for July this year, which by law has to be published ten days before hand. It shows 17 hour long shifts, thus breaking the 12 hour maximum established by AENA, although the work over the month does not exceed another guideline of 200 hours total. But the complaint notes that controllers are obliged to be available 30 minutes before their shift and again after, and that would take the monthly working hour total to 223.

Some of the workers only have 7 hours between shifts, again breaking the regulations which demand a minimum of 12 hours.

The complainant considers the hours are a serious attack on the health of the controllers and put their ‘psychic condition’ at risk.

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