Aviation consultants’ pay takes flight
3:57 PM - December 16, 2013
After a seven-year campaign, aviation consultants win a much
deserved pay raise.
Aviation consultants, a small group of Unit 1 members in Caltrans
whose job is crucial to public safety, will receive a 7.5 percent
pay increase under terms negotiated by Local 1000; this pay raise
is retroactive to July 2, 2013.
“This has been a long time coming – we’ve been pressing Caltrans
for this raise for seven years,” said Bargaining Unit 1 Chair
Brenda Modkins. “We owe this win to the aviation consultants who
fought so hard to make this possible.”
Aviation consultants advise and assist the public, local
agencies, and industry on the technical aspects of
airport/heliport planning, development, land use regulations,
operations and management, and much more. These members play
large roles in ensuring safety at smaller private
airfields and heliports, which receive less attention from
federal authorities.