Personally, no, I don’t have a problem with it, for the following reasons
If we don’t do the attendance’s which are after all completely voluntary, it’s likely that Nerc won’t open on time, and we will end up with another 15 months of the pain and disruption that we have at the moment.
The payments are pretty generous, I think colleagues as not as well off as us, would fall off there seats if they saw the figures.
It’s not actually management that takes the service hit, but the airlines and eventually Joe public. I see closing sectors, with the huge disruption caused a small victory in order to prove a point.
Many of the additional attendances will be from Nerc NTT staff, most of which have already relocated to Nerc. A short drive, plus a days instruction on the sim at Nerc, I would suggest, is not a particularly stressful way to pocket a “bung”.
A duty at Latcc would be much more fatiguing, but if that’s the case, don’t do it for yourself but why stop everyone else from making their own decision.
The main (only?) argument against additional attendances is I believe the “thin edge of the wedge/voluntary now – compulsory later” theme, which I personally don’t subscribe to but accept it may be a real fear for some. I’m prepared to cross that bridge if and when we come to it.
The cumulative effect of long range commuting is I think as bad as any extra additional attendances we voluntary take on. Without the additional attendances the Airlines suffer, the public suffers and we suffer, I think the pro’s outweigh the cons.
PS I not an NTT’er and I haven’t relocated, live near Latcc.