Not Long Now, it's not just YOUR union, it is OUR union, and if OUR union sees fit to recommend an offer which by their own admission is FLAWED then we as members of OUR union have a duty to question it and ask WHY??? .
This issue is not about who deserves more money than who, it is about applying a set of FAIR criteria when grading each of the units to ensure that all the members of OUR union are recognised for what they do and compensated accordingly.
We at the regional airports do not take issue with the fact that the current "Band 5" units deserve to be graded as such, we take issue with the system used to grade the rest of us that does not take into account a large amount of the work that we do.
Your traffic figures are there for all to see, your mix of Jets and Props is accounted for, your equipment is accounted for......
... Ours is not, at my unit (PF) the approach control is not even included in the weighting, the complexities of working within Classes E & G airspace does not appear to have been taken into account, the complex cross runway environment has not been taken into account, the mix of jet and prop traffic has not been taken into account, the lack of suitable equipment to work in LVP's has not been taken into account....
I could go on
OUR union should seek to achieve a FAIR deal for all of OUR unions members, whether they work on the South Coast or the NE of Scotland.