No pay for December?
Latest rumours at LATCC are that us NATS ATCO's are going to be having a very lean Christmas......
It seems likely that we will not get the December pay before Christmas as we have before and possibly not at all in December.
Seems like the bean counters have found that NATS won't have the capital to pay us until it recieves fees from eurocontrol, which are paid on the 27th of the month.
Therefore we will not be paid before Dec 27th, and unless the money is paid to us that day we may not get it until after the new year holiday.
Now, if we do not get paid during December are NATS in breach of contract?
How will this affect those of us with Mortgages, loans other borrowing etc?
If we are not paid before close of play on New Years eve, would you be preapred to come to work on New Years day?
Also have it on very good authority that the Finance Director at a high level management meeting was seeking to withold pay for this month....Until he was forcibly told that if NATS was in touble now, just see what shape it would be in if they didn't pay the ATCO's.
Looks like bread and water for Chrismans dinner then?