From someone who works for Notwork Fail in a similar safety critical industry. The RMT played a reasonable hand this year and we got RPI + and a 2 year deal; mind you our pension contributions are going to rise to about 13% due to various in-house restructurings and take-backs after the fiscal farce of "privitisation". As a taxpayer and contributor to the good guys n gals through flying far too often to see the family in distant lands I believe that you lot deserve everything you can get your paws on, and don't forget the longer you hold out the nicer the backpay sum will be....
o/t: Some of us unwashed boysngirls who make no noise maybe paying a few visits shortly to the delights of ATC as NR has decided that our handeovers and comms are not good enuff, like, and must be of "ATC standard". a shock awaits methinks.
back o/t: best of luck.