An ATCO is an ATCO is an ATCO is how Prospect tried to put this across...well that sorts out Bands 3 to 5 what about about bands 1 and 2.
The word band is an interesting term which in reality is a smoke screen to hide the fact in real terms some units have been demoted to ATCO 4's and ATCO 5's, great for self esteem that one.
Interesting also that the Scottish airfields are all the same band, that was probably to avoid civil war North of the Border, can you imagine the bloodshed if Glasgow (The true Capital of Scotland) was put above Edinburgh.
CATC as usual manage to top the scales I suppose that is to guarantee the yes votes and to think that some of the Approach Radar Instructors have never been valid at a NATS unit
A lot has been written about the changes in working practices at LACC and the 0530 starts, no one however blinks an eye when the working practices change at the Airports and have been on going for years. I would say to the LACC ATCO's if you don't like the changes to WP then vote NO, remember there is a lot more to this pay deal than just money.
Band 1/ATCO 5 units are unlikely to attract any students from CATC and the instructers will be over qualified!!! so it will be the failures and the odd nutter that will be sent to these units, which may in time gradually degrade the effectiveness of that unit.
Well I am going to vote NO, on principle I hope that enough of you out there do the same regardless of where you work and help stop this madness
