"In case you haven't noticed, Ben, life isn't ever going to be the same for any of us in the future, ATCO or not. "
Yes, true, and a fair point.
The point I was trying to make is that things would have been even worse with Serco, with their "cash is king, squeeze the terms and conditions of the workers, and asset strip as much as possible" ethos. They would have been there to make as much profit as possible. Fair enough, but not suitable for ATC.
While the ATCO's would have been ok, the rest of NATS would have faced severe attacks on T&C, and their jobs, considerably beyond what we have seen with the AG (with the knock on effects that the ATCO's will have faced due to the assistants all having been sacked, etc.)
Certainly the AG could have got better management in than they have.. I dont think they've made the most of the opprtunity they've had to do that.. e.g. CC is still there.
BB
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Serco eats babies