darrenf
resident denizen
What happens when this guy retires from the job? Is the airport going to expect the next person to do it for free? If not they will probably not offer the same pay that it originally had prior to it being a volunteer job.
Like I had already stated, they were probably not offering pay commensurate with the position, otherwise, it would not have been a vacant position for so long.
Perhaps you would rather someone took the job for much less than the job was worth. What would that do to the value of that position? Think about it.