Keep it up lads... if nothing else its getting everyone (me included) aware of all the arguments on either side, and also clearing misconceptions up
BDiNOU
an old chestnut but in your rebuttal to
Jonny B, one of the things you said was
But NATS is different in that its a monopoly and its regulated by the government, other companies are regulated (for want of a better word) by market forces. In addition the regulator has stopped allowing NATS to pass through pension costs for new staff. No other company has this burden
AFAIK.
You are 100% correct, it is a monopoly, it always has been and it probably always will be. Thats how succesive Governements set it up. Thats how it was when it was sold (against all the experts wishes), thats how the regulator has always known it.
The fact it is a monopoly and therefore not regulated by competition is not our problem. And it is certainly not any kind of excuse for management to p
around with our pensions.
