bit of a circular argument there, 250Kts
Why should someone who has never done an AAVA-and there are plenty of them, potentially suffer in order to increase the rate for those who do?
They are voluntary...
And it's personal choice not to do them as well...
So, to counter that, why should someone who does choose to do them suffer a stagnant rate, just because some people choose not to do them?
The issue is not whether or not people choose to do them, the issue is the fact that as they stand, management use them as a cheap way of manning the Ops room.
A different slant on the argument - if enroute did not insist on having T&P present whenever a sector is open, even when a tactical could do it on their own, manpower statistics would look better, less AAVAs would be needed, more money would be available for pensionable rises.
An equally valid argument, but like your above, has little meaning in real life.