EDIT: I must also add (strangely in defence of NATS) that my understanding is management did propose SMART a good while back.. but under their mandate to reject any discussion on the pensions issue completely, the TUs wouldn't entertain it. How times change.
Funny, I was told the complete opposite at my pensions briefing...i.e that the Unions had brought up the idea of SMART pensions but that Barron wouldn't accept it because he also wanted to cut costs at the same time. Who do we believe, the Unions or the management...I don't know to be honest.
Oh, and the ballot has now been put back to January apparently. I wonder why that is?? More briefings to attempt to brainwash staff in a last ditch attempt to push this through, perhaps?
