Got that letter today BDiONU, seems isn't as clear cut as first thought. What is it with NATS management that they can't even tell the troops what the plans are, just release snippits and when everyone thinks they know what the score is, the goal posts get moved. Also heard that its a fact that some watches CANNOT provide 4 on every night shift every cycle every month and for it to work shift changes will have to occur or we wait for more single sector valid controllers to gain a night pairing. PSS will also get affected but don't understand it so have no idea on the impact but believe it'll come down to providing less bodies in the ops room during the day.
And this is the progress NATS have made over the last 5 years - think we need some more destinations to fail just to prove the ops room is the 'weak link' in the whole operation and maybe they'll cut us loose so we can go be part of a real air traffic company that focuses on the MAIN aim of the business. Is that starting to sound like a rant?????
