I find all this very sad. How anyone can say that Movers are better than Loadies or vice versa is beyond me. There are good and bad in both trades. And I know plenty of good and plenty of bad from both trades.
There is a system in place to recruit NCA and love it or hate it its here to stay. If Movers want to become Loadies then they can all apply just like the DE`s can. Being a good Loadie is not just about knowing how to lash a load in correctly (although important) but there is so much more to the job. I am all for as many people as possible applying for Loadie, regardless of past situation, as all it can do is improve the calibre of the trade.
All this discussion is doing is causing harmful ill feeling between the 2 trades. As someone has already said, we should be trying to improve co-operation and help bring the 2 trades together seeing as they work so close already.
Now how about giving it a rest??!!