Because at the union conference Mr Barron apparently said that he would be worried about massive redundancy payouts if NATS lost the contract at EGCC... Doesn't sound like he wants to keep them, does it? If NATS start walking away from NSL contracts, what do you think they will do with the staff? A surplus of tower controllers... no job for them! Hello redundancy package.
Am I the only one that sees this? These are colleagues for "Eff's sake".
Fenella... I'm pretty sure every redundancy offered in NATS is over-subscribed. It's less about NATS wanting rid of people than people itching to put their hand up to take the money. Barron's "Fear" is that everybody wants redundancy and NATS ends up having to pay it. They would far rather retain staff and avoid that huge outlay.