I sincerely think that we should call IAA's bluff from here on in.
They state that 1) we are not short of staff- in fact we have loads
2)the service is not reliant on overtime.
3)all the controllers are after is more money
Well its say fine to all that- actions speak louder than words so....
1) Impact's line is now to say we dont want a single penny for overtime and since the company is not relient on overtime then having a ban on it wont cause any problems.
So we dont want a penny -saves the company loads and there is no overtime as its not needed. And every single one of has the free will to say no to overtime anyway.
2) We work our exact hours , with fatigue breaks etc ansd see what happens. It is a fact that the april roster just does not have enough peopl to run it. So the staff that are available do work and we sit back and watch whats happens. By the way - any consequences will have nothing to do with us as we are working to the letter of our contracts.
3) by not looking for a penny in overtime then we dispel the image that all we are is money grabbing yobs like O leary.
The upshot- closures , delays , flow control , cutting of NAT tracks ,manadatory NERS, no direct routeings , level cappings etc.
Who is responsible- NOT US
Yours as ever
Ock1F