On the third day of the unprecedented complete shutdown of air transport in the UK at least one individual refused to cancel his rostered AAVA and sat in the AC Ops Room with blank radar screens. I bet he'll be the first to complain if his 'rights' are infringed in any negotiations.
I was asked last night if I would volunteer to not work my 1/2 AAVA this afternoon and was told that I was the third to be asked and one had cancelled and one had refused to cancel theirs.
I know there's not much give from management usually, but there's got to be a bit of give and take in circumstances like these