mr.777
I'm a no vote for that very reason.
To be honest i'm so fed up at being screwed in NATS that nothing the useless union tell me will make me a yes vote. In my briefing they admitted that Banding was a mistake and was a factor in creating this pension problem. Makes you feel good when you did not get a good deal out of Banding, stuck near the bottom of the pile, but now need to help bail the fat cats out and stick together. Thanks for that. Also NATS has too many 'support' staff and middle management creating work for themselves on higher wages no doubt than the guys risking their licences and keeping the public safe. From a pure salary point of view if my airport was no longer in NATS I would still get the same pay anyway as a lot of non-NATS airports pay simillar to Band 1/2 units anyway with far less traffic, and maybe I could live closer to home.
Airports need to fight now for the pension or it will go anyway when we are sold in a few years.