Well,
to answer my own question, I'm band 5 and I don't think all units should be paid equal..
I don't agree that there should be such a huge gulf in the two ends of the pay scale, but no way do I think all ATCO's should get paid the same.
This is accepted by many friends and colleagues who have moved to quieter units after having worked at a band 5 unit and either failed to validate or moved later on due to personal circumstances.
The fact that the way banding is done at the moment is another point altogether.
As for pensions - Barrons job (divide and conquer) is done already if people start trying to say that we are in this predicament because of banding.
Keep the two valid arguments seperate and concentreat on th eone at hand at the moment - i.e. pensions.
As for this thread - Barron has just had a healthy pay rise and a nice DB9 from the company... RPI + a bit is the least we should accept