The point is proven
It's been proved before but once again the previous few posts have shown exactly how divided a workforce we are.
Instead of waving willys around and bickering we should be getting ready for the next and last chance to show management that we
a). Are united, at least over major issues
and
b). Have some balls.
Today and tomorrow there is the small matter of an SDC to discuss NSL. Chances are our airport workmates are going to see a few changes in Ts&Cs, or even see some airports walk away from NATS.
Then once NSL is screwed we will get the chance to vote in a paltry pay offer.
This company is going to ratsh!t as far as the number one priority (in managements minds) being ATC is concerned.
I've just read a response on the intranet to PBs long communication about dividends etc - seems to hit the nail on the head, talking about the demise of NATS as we know it and the banality of pleading poverty yet paying huge dividends.
We have a Chief Executive that thinks that we will sit by and let him tell us he can't afford to give us a decent pay rise, yet he can afford to give away a huge chunk of our profit to the Airlines. The worrying thing is, he may well be correct - he might get away with it bearing in mind all this pathetic bickering and lack of backbone.
Wake up and smell the coffee, this isn't about antagonising the haggis munchers or whatever, it's about your future, or what's left since PPP.
Anotherthing - Scottish ATCO who validated first attempt in TC, who has a negative equity house in Hampshire, who lost lots of money in property in the last housing decline, who has a while to go before drawing a pension that will be worth a fraction of what he signed up for... any more boxes I should tick? FFS