we all think we have the hardest jobs, control the busiest traffic, and without looking at figures
Unless you are a fool I suspect not everyone thinks they are as busy as Swanwick or Heathrow, so don't think even Gatwick would expect to be paid the same (no disrespect intended).
It is the gulf between the bands that is the problem. Please listen to what is being said.
Also some non-Nats airfields pay comparitively the same as Nats regional airports but it has been the pension that has kept staff within Nats. That has now changed and seems only to get worse. I have no loyalty to Nats and if my terms are eroded will look elsewhere, but you also have to remember that there are other factors involved such as families to take into account so it isn't as simple as
if it wasn't acceptable then noone would work there. The way I see it, it is human nature
Anyway need to start shift soon to go and sit with my thumb up my bum doing very little in accordance with my banding
