Someone once said that the best lies are those based on half-truths...Gruppen Fuehrer O`Learhmann`s latest pronouncements would appear to be a case in point - "...ATC demands for a 6% wage rise..."
Spin, spin, spin.
Let`s just say (hypothetically?) your union has agreed with the employer to a 6% pay increase in return for (in full or in part) implementing new procedures and technology, then the employer unilaterally reneges on their part of the industrial agreement instrumentbut still expects the implementations to go ahead. Are you kidding me, how would you feel?
And all, please stop talking about the pay scales (albeit very fanciful ones, I`m sure all the controller dudes in Paddy-land would be more than happy to be on the quoted supposed salaries). Whether one has a burner and 200 people strapped to one`s bottom, or you are sitting in a dungeon somewhere making sure all those burners do not swap paint, it is not unreasonable to expect above-average remuneration in recognition of the work being performed.