They technically shouldnt lose anything on it, as it a non profit contract, but of course if they dont cuts costs then one, we wont make profit, two, as other costs increase...namely paying ATCO1's payrises then the ability to keep it at non profit or turn it into profit making doesnt happen.
Its good that we retained this contract, not just for the people at EGCC, but because losing it could have caused us other issues, MAG providing ATC at EGCC, along with EGNX, EGHH, EGNJ would have been cause for concern, having EGCC in their portfolio would have made them look like a contender to provide ATC elsewhere, and would have justified them setting up a dedicated ATC support system to do just that, other NSL units could have come under fire.
There are also issues where the economics of supporting CTC, NSL HQ etc, could be effected by losing contracts. However it still shows by the fact that we got into this state in the first place that there is so serious inefficiencies within some parts of NATS/NSL. EGCC seems to be still living from the days of it being run by an Area supervisor, and hiding its inefficiencies within the NERL MACC that there. When they all leave and it becomes obvious the amount of people sitting around on massive salairies for a unit that is losing traffic left right and center. They may realise that it time for some creative accounting. IF the rest of NSL have to have managers that control as much as the staff, work on their breaks, dont have dedicated safety managers, LCE co-ordinators that sit in offices, managers for assistants, 3 managers per watch, then I dont see why EGCC should, fine if you are EGLL making mega bucks, but when you've been losing mega bucks for years, I think you have to accept that the good times are over.