...I've got friends outside of aviation who are being told to take a pay cut or lose their jobs...
I know of professional footballers who are getting huge rises this year - in excess of 20 per cent. Maybe we should hold out for that sort of rise based on your argument?
Comparing company A with company B when they are in totally different lines of business is pointless and as Standard Noise says, very tiring.
What matters is NATS. The profit they are making, the dividends they are dishing out (even though it is from a seperate pot it still indicates prosperity) and the forecast for the future.
Voting 'yes' to a particular pay offer because some unskilled factory worker in Solihull is getting a pay freeze is completely ridiculous. By all means vote yes, but make sure it's for the correct reasons.