Workers at the Civil Aviation Authority are to strike in a dispute over pay – but bosses said there would be no disruption to airlines.

Members of the Prospect union at the organisation’s head office in Crawley, will walk out for 24 hours on 6 February.

Prospect said a 3-4% pay rise had been imposed on staff, which it complained had not kept pace with other deals in the industry and civil service.

A spokesperson for the CAA says, it is ‘disappointing’ that Prospect members have voted to take industrial action.