Interesting case. Probably need to wait for the Federal Court appeal before getting too excited. Some pertinent questions could be:
- How many duty hours do pilots average per week or per 4 week roster? Less/more than 38/152?
- What is an average day’s work in duty hours?
- How many duty days do pilots average per week/per 28 days?
- What is an average day’s work in duty hours after taking into account that pilots might average less than 5 days work per week/20 per 28 days?
- To what extent is URTI relevant?
But note that pilots are not shift workers for NES purposes.
Probably better to move to a days-based system,