Manchester AAVA 'ban'.
From what I can gather Manchester Area Controllers are, this month, carrying out their own unofficial AAVA ban. That is they are declining AAVA's. Im not sure of the ins and outs except that I know it's not official industrial action so there are no comebacks on the union. I'm under the impression that it's the beginning of the frustration of the Manchester situation manifesting itself through real action. The unit itself runs on AAVA's and with the staffing crisis, the banding issue and the NPC move (all of which have been so well documented here that I don't need to explain further) I guess the guys have just had enough and are demonstrating that with their feet. I still get the feeling that no-one will listen and it's only going to get worse. Watch this space.