160to4DME, it is everyones right to make public or keep secret the way they vote in this or any other ballot. Many of those who have posted in the other topics related to this have made it clear which way they will be voting.
As for understanding the arguments...
Almost every sector in the airline industry has been suffering financially since well before September 11th 2001.
Most UK airlines have shed jobs in the last 12 months.
NATS has twice in the last eight months gone cap-in-hand for more cash to the banks/city/govt.
Although NATS PPP left much of the company management intact, the purse strings are now firmly in the hands of TAG.
NATS/TAG management are trying to REDUCE costs, hence the redundancies in admin, ATSAs, management and engineering.
ATCO wages are the biggest single outgoing the company has. They WILL try to alter terms and conditions over the next few years to attempt to cut this cost.
In short, this is the worst time in many years to try to take the management on in a battle for more cash. Arguments about who should be paid what are meaningless. EVERYONE's future is at stake.
It's the wrong fight at the wrong time with the wrong people.
Feel free to respond to these arguments, it's more rewarding than simply insulting people.