I think most of us that are valid realise that we have a great job and the pay is a great bonus, but there is more to it than just the money. However, for those still at the college and having to struggle with money worries, money is a real issue. It's quite easy for lots of folk on here to say "grow up", etc when they probably went through on a training salary of about £20000 or whatever the equivalent was then.
If NATS are now increasing the pay for trainees, this is obviously an admission that the previous salary wasn't enough, so you can understand the people that have missed out being slightly cheesed off. Let's hope they don't take the "grow up" attitude when it comes to voting on pensions, as we'll be needing all the support we can.