I've read this thread with great interest but I feel i have to say a couple of things.
When the leaflet came out from the union regarding the change to redundancy it was quite interesting how it didn't list what our present terms are.
Regarding the split, when Barron came to chat, he made a very interesting statement. Basically he said that if NATS was split then NSL would become a lot more profitable. This was because at the moment NSL was paying a lot of money into NERL for things that they didn't require. NIBS was part of the process of identifying where the money comes and goes but it would all be untangled sooner rather than later. Now this won't mean that we all get great pay rises, but at least some parity can be afforded to each unit. However I think spliting NATS would be the worst thing that could ever happen to both sides of the divide, but asking people to stand up and be counted is probably asking too much of everyone.
Anyway goodnight all.