Nothing will ever change on this Banding bol
ocks.I mentioned this to our local union rep and was told if you don't like it,then leave.
So that's what I recommend to people thinking of working abroad,elsewhere etc.
Although people say the pension/pay/banding issue isn't linked,it is.People are waiting to see what happens,and if NATS are really going to shoot themselves in the foot on pensions.You have to look at the overall package.
If NATS destroy the reason that most people are loyal,THE PENSION,then people will look at units closer to where it suits them.No reason to work for NATS anymore.Band 2 pay is about what you'll get outside roughly,but with less traffic,further south if you hail from that area,and even with some a pension scheme.
We have lost about the same ratio of controllers to Dubai as Heathrow has.We will lose a lot more.
