1996.
Would you work additional duties for £10k-a day??
I would hazard a guess that you would. So for most people it's not the principle but the reward.
I hope that no-one does the AVA in order that the price to NATS does have to rise to at least what was negotiated last year. We do have to come into the real world over some of these issues. Some of the airfields have been doing OT for ages in order to keep the contracts,and now that NATS is in such a "dire" position maybe we have to do our bit as well.
Yes the managers may still get their bonuses but I don't see some of the senior ones being around too much longer.
So if we do go down this road then let's do it properly built into the WPP and have it regulated and monitored to protect ALL of us.