They get a payrise...
No. It's a real terms pay cut.
...to sit and read a book..,
Correct. A large no. of staff do the ATSA community absolutely no favours with their apathetic approach to work. People need to wake up and stop wondering when their next EG or hour long tea break is; otherwise they'll end up with the longest tea break they've ever had.
...and they reject it wanting more.
No. It's the unequal treatment and erosion of T&C's that's unpalatable.