Spoke to my union rep today, he went to the briefing the other day and is yet to be convinced, lots of spin, lots of dire predictions.
This (to my mind) is all about NATS setting itself up to sell of NSL.
Apparantly Barron got his nose bloodied by conceding to the scheme for new entrants that the unions wanted.
At the end of the day, if we don't accept, WE TELL THUNE OINS WHAT WE ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT and they then go back to Barron and his cronies and negotioate, only after those negotiations do we ballott on industrial action.
I'm not sure if NATS has the ability to close the scheme to new entrants without the consent of the current employees, they may well be able to do so.
I am going down the NO route on this one, no amount of scaremongering wil convince me that these cahnges are for the better