What exactly has happened to the scottish ATSAs? Have the LACC ATSAs got anything to worry about other than iFACTS (£130 million spend to date) slashing some of their jobs. I think ATSAs have done well to keep their terms and conditions since West Drayton closed, I believe most of them have been grossly overpaid since its AC closure 8 years ago. There is a lot of top of the scale ATSA 2 and 3 in the LACC ops room earning between £35000 and £40000 inc shift pay for doing nothing more than putting strips out. NATS would be wise to use these current economic turbulence to start paying them commensurately for their task, perhaps between £20000 and £25000 per year, inc shift pay. By reducing their salary, and therefore their final pensionable salary, it would also help to reduce the pension burden.
Controversial I know, but I think prudent all things considered.
And I thought I was being controversial, but reasonable as usual of course
