until it is an official tactic of the union to stop doing aavas, i personally will still do them if and when i feel like it. Not everyone is top of the scale and an aava here and there goes a long way.
aavas are much more appealing for people still climbing the scale.
I wonder if it was ever brought into question the legality of a pay scale like ours would it hold up. atc could be said to be a young mans game.
with increased traffic levels and having been trained in a busier environment some of the newer guys at my unit are very good indeed. Us fuddies, whilst still competent of course, get paid tens of thousands of pounds more than them because we have been in the company longer. Is our experience worth that much more when you are sitting doing t&p for each other oin the same airspace at the same time?
maybe if everyone earned top of the scale money aava volunteering would dwindle in numbers.Its not very often i can do them, mostly due to the ball and chain but thats another story.i love shopping honest.
but if i wa son less money with a massive mortgage i might do more of the ones i am offered