Approximatley 90% of ALL controllers (not just at LATCC) responded with a positive vote in favour of industrial action against a profit motive being introduced to ATC. Does "a profit motive" just refer to dividends or to reduced fees? To give the function of controlling air traffic to a group that for the most part only use that system for 16 hours of the day is opening up huge problems for those who use it the other 8, (How many cargo airlines are involved in the airline group?).
To think that the ALG will not use this position to their own advantage is naievety in the extreme.For those at Area units, not yet used to commercial forces,false bids and unachievable promises, let me tell you the bidding process for ATC is dirty,groups (such as serco) giving bids they know they cant meet,in order to put NATS on the backfoot(with the full knowledge of the airport operator). Is this the tactic the government used????The ALG may not be Serco, but we must be very cautious over the next few months to ensure our power is heard in the right boardrooms, and that we are still prepared to take industrial action if they put their wishes before our concerns.
PS anyone else heard that our "fair and equitable share is not going to be £17,000 but a measly £500