For those that have forgotten, here are the pay rises that ATCOs have had in recent years since the change to January deals rather than April.
The previous August RPI is shown in brackets as this is the one used by NATS/Unions in their negotiations.
Jan 2002 2.2% on all, Oct 2002 2.0% on base salary only (2.1%)
Jan 2003 3.8% on all, Dec 2003 1.8% on base salary only (1.4%)
Jan 2004 3.4% plus half spine point (2.9%)
Jan 2005 3.8% plus half spine point (3.2%)
Jan 2006 2.8%, Apr 2006 one spine point (2.8%)
Jan 2007 3.4% plus 0.65% spine point (3.4%)
Jan 2008 4.1% (4.1%)
Jan 2009 3% (4.8%)
By the time we got the January 2009 rise, RPI had fallen to -0.5%
The data can be found here
National Statistics Online - Product
As for the
new AAVA deal, looks like it will be at the current rate, limited to 12 every year with extras negotiated for large simulation/training requirements.