poi098,
I speak as a Union Rep, there is no wish amongst Prospect or the members I have spoken to to close the scheme to new entrants and therefore eventually weaken the current scheme.
No money purchase scheme will replicate the benefits of the currents NATS pension, a point of view backed up by anybody you speak to involved in the pension world.
The decision to put the employers contribution on the payslips was to show everybody just how much it is worth to the individual and not to go ' aaah, poor old Nats having to pay so much'.
You take your large bung if you so wish, a foolish decision in my opinion
I question your " good authority "