Is anyone really surprised by this?
This "economic downturn" favours the rich throughout society, not just NATS, who use it as an excuse to tear out what they see as "dead wood" from their huge moneymaking empires.
The rich get richer still whilst the relatively poor get shafted. And it will be ever thus.
Oh and to all of the "welcome to the real world NATS" people - I hope you can see now that you're argument has been significantly quenched. Not many companies in this real world you speak of report profits of £135m on one hand, and plead abject poverty and cost cutting to their staff with the other.
I also don't blame anyone who voted yes. They were acting on union advice after all. I blame the union. And in turn every one of it's members including me.
We only get the union we work for, stick together for and therefore deserve.
And finally, on a personal level, I'm absolutely appalled. It's an absolute disgrace. And words cannot express my anger at the whole rotten mess.