Not strictly linked to the pay deal but if NATS are so concerned with cutting salary costs for new recruits I find it absurd that an ATCO (T&D) can fail at one unit, be chopped and shifted to a "quieter" one whereupon sucessful validation is, as I understand it, still rewarded backdated ATCO pay from 2 years after leaving the college, however long training takes and however much money it is (recently well over 10k I've been led to believe!). If that isn't a waste of money then I don't know what is!?!
just an opinion.