I'll agree with you there Number 2. Fortunately there are a few that seem want to see the company do well and can't cope with change of any type. We constantly need change to keep things moving, and if NATS are going to compete with their European competitors then there is going to have to be a lot more change. The only way of convincing the average ATCo on the shop floor is by throwing more money at them; it was the only way they got OPM through and look at the shambles that turned out to be!!! I remember many of the ATCOs praying that the Swanwick system would fall over on day 1 of Swanwick back in January 2002 - what sort of person would wish that on the company that pays their wages? The same is happening at MACC, they are really kicking up a stink because they are going to have to move to Prestwick. They could always leave their jobs and try and find work getting roughly what they get paid now for doing the same hours. Good luck to them because they wouldn't get close to what they get paid now. I am sure I remember reading on the contract that the
post is a mobile grade and as such, the job holder will be liable to transfer to any part of the British Isles in the course of their employment. Still, I digress, what were we talking about....oh yes money, the way to an ATCO's heart!
