BAD NEWS ALL ROUND! - Fewer ATCOs, shorter leave 'blocks', loss of 'team spirit' in the working environment, fewer breaks therefore longer periods of time on sector between breaks, the list goes on...
Nav Canada operate on this basis and from what we at ScOACC hear it ain't up to much where the individual ATCO is concerned. Ideal for 'bean counters' however, especially when combined with 'voluntary' overtime!
Of major concern to the Oceanic bods is that this new co-operation between Nav Canada and NATS may see individual rosters introduced in Prestwick Oceanic on the basis of a system adapted from Gander's. You can bet if it happens then other NATS units won't be far behind.
