I don't tend to judge a person by what they wear. Lets face it, if you wear a tie does that make you a better controller???
As I said, a small point but I have been amazed by the number of people who have remarked on this, usually along the lines of "who does he think he is.. Richard Branson!!"
The message to him at our local meeting was that he is on very dangerous ground mucking about with the pension scheme. It is the one issue on which all staff would probable agree to take strike action if necessary although I expect a dose of divide and rule will see him through ie. one scheme for controllers and a worse one for everyone else.
I know it was pre Baron but I think one of the worst things NATS have done was to divide into NERL and NSL. The suspicion ,of course, is that it was done in preparation for privatising NSL.