Dear Richard (merged thread)

[Dances with Boffins]

I'm with Ayr on this. If the company carries on paying less than the rest of Europe, during a global ATCO shortage, it doesn't take an MBA to work out where all the poor down-trodden shags are going to head for. The rest of us will be left to work even harder, for less reward, as the traffic keeps rising, and the rate of retirement out-strips recruitment at an exponential rate. We pay to train all these ATCOs, then Johnny Foreigner reaps the rewards. The Hurn-factory is pumping out newbies as fast as it can, yet the numbers on the sectors continues at a level far less than is comfortable. This pay offer will only make this situation worse. My 'union' says I should accept this offer. Like hell.