Voluntary unpaid leave is not necessarily a bad thing, if people want to avail of some extra time off, or a sabbatical to travel etc. But compulsory - no way.
Given the numbers of AAVA's still being called in, despite it being winter, I think its a non-starter.
Having said that, it would be typical of the sort of cobblers coming from the Swanwick Ops Managers. What a pointless waste of money they are. If you want to save a million, get rid of them, and the Safety & Training Managers, and keep a Watch Sup in each room, with a max of two Ops Managers who could work office hours.
The Ops Managers are dangerous, because with nothing real to do, they are trying to
think outside the box 