It's about time the ATCO's who "bring home the bacon" broke away from non-operational staff as an ATCO's bargaining power will always be greater then a desk jockeys.
I'd even go as far as to say NERL ATCO's should break free as NSL appears to be having the more difficult time and their future looks bleak, inparticularly the pension costs are a real headache for NSL.
The reality is that Prospect must do the best it can for all it's members, eventually however there will come a time when it is too damaging to it's majority membership (NERL ATCO's) to protect it's minority membership (NSL ATCO's).
Why not go the whole hog and split everything up then ?
Green Watch in TC can do their own negotiations, so can B Watch at Prestwick Centre. If they manage to negotiate a higher pay award than Red Watch at LAC, then well done to them. In fact, why not just scrap unions altogether as you obviously don't understand the principles on which they operate ??