It really should not be a difficult concept to grasp, either for management lackies or thebiggest dissenter.
NATS management are constantly saying that NATS are going to have a tough financial year ahead.
They are constantly saying that it is going to be a challenge to meet pension payments.
Yet they are willing to give away £45M just like that when the money could be kept 'for a rainy day'.
Prudence and basic common sense says keep the money within the company, if the statements of upcoming financial difficulty constantly being trotted out are true.
One gets the impression that NATS management are very much of the attitude that at the moment they can 'have their cake and eat it'... unfortunately in the process of their cake-fest they leave their loyal workforce with mere crumbs.