The Engineers were never going to vote yes to a deal that gave them a lower percentage increase than the Controllers were offered.
After all the extra work so many of us have taken on and all the real savings we've delivered for the company we surely deserve more than the RPI and we shouldn't be scared to say so.
The company needs engineers and NATS engineers work hard. That needs to be recognised in the pay settlement.
Now we are in dispute with the company RPI has to be the very minimum we settle for.