Double standards, that sums it up.
Jobs for the boys, money for the fat cats, and job losses and pay cuts for the staff.
PB's bonuses are almost as obscene as the RBS directors', but yet it seems perfectly acceptable to some posters on here !!!
Welcome to the world of the PLC. This battle was lost back in 2001 when NATS was part privatised, and all of a sudden had to become financially viable. Managers brought in were those experienced in companies that are run to make a profit, and as such have managed NATS down the road we now find ourselves on.
Its the same story in any big PLC or Ltd company, and unfortunately, NATS will be no different. It only now seems to be occuring to the unions and the workforce that it is beginning to catch up with us 8 years after PPP. But unfortunately its not going to change any time soon. Ask anyone that works in a big organisation (be it a supermarket, a bank, a train company, insurance provider etc) they'll give you the same story, people on the shop floor are shafted while management and shareholders reap the benefits.
The best we can hope for now is to pull together as a workforce and limit any further damage to our T&Cs. We can draw our own conclusions on how succesful that strategy may be, bearing in mind the recent polls on pension and pay
