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Old 31st Mar 2009, 13:45
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anotherthing
 
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Anyone know anything about Friday's meeting?
What meeting? I think it was cancelled, at the request of management.

MannyFred,

There are some very lazy ATSAs in TC, but fortunately they are in the minority. In fact one has just gone via VR . There is a big difference between AC and TC ATSA roles/work conditions. When AC first moved out of WD there were a few TC ATSA jobs VN'd. Some AC ATSAS came for a visit with a view to applying as they wanted to stay London way. After seeing the work entailed, not one applied.

However, that's by the by, the majority of ATSAs are good, some exceptional, there is the odd one that if they are working on your sector, you know you will get poor service.

Annoying, but no different from any other walk of life, but yes the pay is exceptional.

I'mnotanERIC
A good atsa is as good as a coordinator (sometimes better) for the help they provide to the operation.
to be fair, that's probably more of a reflection of how bad/lazy some people are at coordinating...

Last edited by anotherthing; 31st Mar 2009 at 14:00. Reason: Emphasise the word 'think' as it is second hand information from a TC Union rep
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