Dyce,
I take what are you saying, you have a valid, well made point. In a perfect world everybody would be paid the same. I'm NOT the sort of person to say that because you work in a Band 2 unit you must do sweet fa and therefore don't deserve Band 5 money. Banding is what it is...an unfortunate fact of NATS life.
What I do object to is saying that Band 5 units are responsible for the current pension problem...what kind of nonsense is that?? I really do fear for our pensions having seen the lack of solidarity here over the last few days.
I also think it is worth re-iterating that penisons and pay rises should NOT be linked.