1. I choose to do AAVAs when it suits me and not to help the 'company' - I realise it does but I'm not too bothered about that really, I just quite like an extra 10% of my wage for 8ish hours work...it's handy for paying for the wedding and moving house!
Then again, I haven't done one since November, and even last summer it was on average one every two months - mainly because we were the watch that needed AAVAs the most - I thought one guy had joined our watch permanently last year the number of overtime shifts he did with us.
2. Talking to an AC ATSA today about how many are leaving in the next few weeks, and today on East/North we were short as usual, yet three of those that were in will be leaving...I'm sure there is a grand plan to cover that?