The T & D scale came 2 years after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report which said that the ATCOs pay scale was too long. The result of the report was the removal of points on the scale (why they jump in the middle). Then along comes the T&D scale and puts the points back on the bottom. So we now have a scale thats the same length, but starts lower. Neat eh? And guess which side of the negotiating table suggested it?