BDiONU,
with reference: I'm sure that many CTC based staff would enjoy being off during the day, working the night and then having a sleep day. With, of course, suitable monetary recompense for the unsocial hours and not forgetting some shut eye during the night in Hotel Swanwick to ensure we're bright eyed and bushy tailed
so you think office staff should be paid and work the same hours as ops staff???
if i could get paid the same as i do now and not have the responsibility of ACTUAL controlling, then i may entertain that. next you will be telling us that airline check in staff should be paid the same as flight deck???
Again, im not saying office staff are dross, we need them in buckets to keep the cogs turning, I emplore you to sit up all night and try not to weld 2 planes together. if people in the company see what an ATCO makes, its no secret, then come and give it a go.... plenty do.
The fact of the matter is, as ops staff we have the indutrial strength and if the union wont get a spine over this, i for one will be giving up my 2nd sector and all the trimmings i do for free and do my contracted sector only. its a shame, but if my pension is going to be degraded... so is my commitment to the company.
i love my job, but my faith for the company has gone.
vote no.