Can read the ASA Press Release now .....
" Over many years our Controllers have enthusiatically worked overtime and covered emergency duty. In fact, we have often received quite strong objections from Controllers when Overtime has been cut back, or when they think it has been unfairly distributed to others. It has been in the context of this historical environment that we have quite reasonably made our normal manpower calculations and forcasting.
Now we have the Controllers changing their minds. They now, quite unreasonably, expect the Organisation to pick up the pieces. Such a change in manpower resourcesing will take years to re-adjust.
We can only assume that this change of mind may be but a cynical attempt to blackmail the Country into giving them a 63% payrise. "