My last post on the subject, news which some of you will no doubt welcome.
Cally;
This travel time keeps changing depending on who's talking?!?
Because the travel time changes depending on how quickly (or perhaps I should say how slowly) one can get through security. I know of one person who went over to the new tower the other day and took 40 minutes in the staff search queue. The figure of ten mintues is fanciful. I'll certainly be looking to arrive at the staff search with at least 30 minutes slack.
If I was posted from PH to PF, I'd be in a completely different situation to you, of course but I'm fairly sure that the last 4 controllers/ATSA's to go either way, didn't get any relocation because the relatively short distance between the units puts you inside the mileage from work to qualify. Besides, quite a lot of people live fairly well in the middle of the units so they don't move house anyway, and the travel time is broadly similar
Well, there you are, you've answered your own point.
nodelay;
I wonder, looking at the number of Heathrow members posting on this thread which is fairly small (the usual suspects one might say! ) in relation to the total number of staff, you are actually in a minority and don't represent the majority view.
Correct, but not in the way you think it is. In fact, it might surprise you to know, that I'm considered a fairly rational and moderate voice on this issue. I know many of my colleagues have stronger views on this than I.
This being the case, we outsiders are obviously the victims of a little LL amusement known as 'baiting'!!
No need to flatter yourself, we're far too busy have airmisses over the channel to waste time like that!
Hootin';
By a coincidence so is ours. Therefore any 'compensation' (money, extra leave etc are all welcome) may be due to us as well, if we are to be 'inconvenienced' by changing it.
Good on you. If Management want something, then you negotiate something for for the ATCOs in compensation, whatever that might be. Simple concept, that many here seem unable to fathom.
terrain safe;
I knew LACC was going to open (at some point) when I applied to NATS in '97, I'm sure it was on the cards well before that. We could go round and round on this subject for days!
And on a serious note, NATS gave me a glass tankard just the other week, so I dearly hope we don't get another! Now I do need a new pen, though......
