Expeditedescent
A: Funny that isn't it....probably due to the fact that NATS business is about Air Traffic Control.........it's a bit like saying that NatWest's biggest outgoing is salaries of banking staff ! Come on !
A good analogy. Look at how many jobs have been lost in the banking sector in the lastfive or ten years.
Pay has not risen in line with traffic levels........this has been a battle that has been looming for ages, as management have not recognised the efforts and workload of ATCOs.
Whatever gave anyone the idea that it should? Do you really want to link your pay to the number of aircraft you handle? Do you work more hours than 5 years ago? Would you accept upping the number of aircraft a sector takes to get a performance bonus?
Bex
It is very true that inept management lies at the root of this whole situation. Now they get to pay the price of arrogance, indifference and sheer incompetence.
Like many others you seem to hold the current management personaly responsible for all that you think is wrong in the company. Do you really think that new management would come in and start flashing the cash?
Be careful what you wish for - you might get it!
By the way, what are your union reps actually asking for as a percentage pay rise? Does giving other grades less as eyeinthesky seems to advocate form part of your claim?
eyeinthesky
We are not in that position either, and we are being regularly shafted by our local and central management due to a weak approach tken by IPMS/Prospect and the staff themselves in the 8 years that I have been in NATS. The time has come to change things, and the likes of NotFunny will just have to take their chance. I hope that his principles and agreement with the NATS logic will mean that, should we manage to achieve a better deal, he will be accepting only the first offer... I BET HE/SHE WON'T.
How exactly are you being shafted? In the 8 years since you joined pay has risen as much as or more that inflation, the hours you work have not changed and the pension is still there.
I'm not on a personal contract so I'll take what my union negotiates for me. Sorry if that leaves a little less for you...
I'll take my chance as you put it. I don't fancy your chances much though if you are fighting everyone in NATS instead of just the managment.