Thompsonfly,
Just FYI, we get paid a basic, then monthly shift working payment, then instructors get a quartly training payment. That's it. No bonuses, performance related pay or anything. The only thing approaching a bonus we've got in the last few years was a one off £100 (or maybe £150) if one was working on the Millennium New Year's Eve/Day.
Although our new Chief Exec has mentioned he's looking into performace related pay for ATCOs. Bad news we think.
Also,I think that controller workload would have been greatly reduced, if the five aircraft that went around at minimal spacing were not at minimal spacing
True, but then if we don't use minimum spcaing where we can we'd still be landing aircraft constantly at 0200 without the numbers of staff to cope. And it would mean lots of delays everywhere. Now, if airlines want to slash all their scehdules in half so that we can pootle along all day with big spacing, I don't mind, but I don't think it's going to happen.