With all this talk about the legality of a move to JERC (Jock en route centre) has anybody thought about the idea of NATS suposed to be a "Family orientated organisation?"
We have many families at Manchester living south of the city with extended and often elderly relatives much further south. A trip to my parents takes three to four hours now, a move to Scottish would double that.
My wife works in an industry that does not employ anybody north of where we are at present so if we both go to Scottish we end up nearly halving our income until she finds another job in the Prestwick area, with unemployment up at 16% in the area I sugest that may not be as easy as those in the cosy offices down south may think.
When the two centre strategy was first thought of the idea was to move MACC south, I can only assume that management waited to get the backing from the Trade Unions for the new Scottish centre then changed the goalposts (not for the first time)
It is of no use whatsoever the ATSAs saying that they will not go to Scottish as this is exactly what Mr Everet whans to hear, much cheeper for them but it really is time that the ATCO's got off their backsides and really started shouting from the highest. No decision is irrevesible and if enough ATCO's make enough of a fuss you never know...
Of course it may help if Prospect was run for the membership rather than for the union officers. So many times I have heared ATCO's say they would be better represented by PCS. The engineers certainly would not have been s**t upon by the ATSA's like they were by their own union.
I have no problem with working at Scottish, no problem with moving but every problem with the thought of having to move so far away from my family and the real risk of the only option being commuting on a 6 day basis in order to maintain our standard of living.
I know and like many people from all grades at Scottish and do not want this to be a dig at them but if there is going to be little room for the ATSA's from Manchester because of electronic strips etc will that not also mean that the ATSA's from Scottish will be equally vulnerable?
Come on you ATCO's from MACC ans SCATCC, use your muscle, tell managemaent what a pile of s**t the Spanish system is when you take your little trip to Espana, it will at least delay the whole project.