If NATS start walking away from NSL contracts, what do you think they will do with the staff? A surplus of tower controllers
What do
you think will happen to them Fenella??
The same as happens whenever a change of service provider happens at an airfield... the winner of the new contract takes on the old staff.
Or do you think that new controllers can be drafted in and be qualified to work at whichever airport is concerned the day after the contract changes hands?
Who do you think will do the training Fenella?
Barron has a track history of breaking up companies and selling off the non performing parts. He has a history of closing pension schemes.
His management staff have just recently refused to deny that NSL will be put up for sale, regardless of what happens with pensions.
Our pension is viable - it is the willingness of NATS to maintain it that is in question.
NSL is safer from buy out if the more expensive pension is kept in place.
Make NSL cheaper to run, make it easier to sell. It's not rocket science