I'm getting a little tired of the 'look what the poor people outside NATS aren't getting' argument. If I want to compare sh1te with gold then I can do it with the best of them. My Mrs has got 5%, 5% and 4% in the last three years, and she works for a company which has the sort of debts that would make Deakin and Reid cry their lamps out. But it makes a profit (as do NATS) and rewards staff when they deserve it.
That said, as a rep, I officially endorse the Branch line on this...............when they're in earshot.
Oh, and another bloody thing, it's OK for those of you who have a holiday home on the Hamble, but what concerns me more is that at non-NATS units, they are catching up with Band 2 rates of pay now. Anyone for £71.5k and a low tax rate on Fraggle Rock?