Pheasant Plucker
I agree with Orson here. This is a 24 month deal. It is up to the union to ensure that the 1.8% in December next year doesn't effect the deal in January.
And as for your comment re. North Sea and Scottish I should get back in your box if I were you. TC has taken on more and more of LACC's airspace for the past 6 or so years for no extra money and with very few extra staff. You are the last in a long line of ATCOs deserving more money for taking on more airspace (MACC and S29 would be in front of you in the queue, for example) and no-one will get it for the forseeable future.
You want more money for working harder - come down to the south east or south coast and earn it.
Sorry.
SS.