Now I'm not one to defend Mahaba, but....
If you read it carefully the pay cut would be for someone moving from Band 5 to 4.
Ok defence over:
However in true Mahaba fashion I guess this is absolutely the worst case scenario and would not actually be the case for someone, say, 5 points up the scale. Unfortunately I don't have the scales to hand.
I suspect there will actually be plenty of people at Swanwick who, for whatever reason, will be happy to take a move north.
Mahaba can we please have the evidence of people being over looked for promotion as you allege is the case or once again are you a "one post pony"?