Yep, and it is time For the Gatwick controllers to unite and negotiate themselves the best deal they can. If the planes aren't moving on the first day of the DFS take over then the proverbial hits the fan.
Stand firm boys and girls, kick prospect out, form your own union and demand mega bucks, they will pay, they have to.
Stop training new controllers, make yourselves essential. Also the closer to the take over, stop OJTI, UCE, and any other extras.
From now on when asked to do anything your first words have to be "how much"
Why do it just because NATS have lost the contract?
What's to stop Swanwick, Aberdeen, Heathrow or Wattisham doing the same? Or Ibiza, Valencia, Seville, Alicante?