Originally Posted by
AerocatS2A
Do QF pilots really only get 10 days sick leave?
Possibly less, could be down as low as SEVEN days off per year.
Here's how it works. A typical recent 2 day trip (typical representation of what actually happens in the real world)
Day 1 Four legs 11:15 TOD, stick 5:55
Day 2 Three legs 8:55 TOD, stick 5:00
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Trip total 20:10 TOD, Stick 10:55
Go sick on that trip, 20:10 is deducted from your 76 hour DUTY hours of sick leave per annum. So in this case, it only takes 3.5 of these style of trip (7 days total) and you are out of sick leave for the year.
There is a seperate category for URTI, with 3 days per annum with 28 DUTY hours,
non-cumulative with a Doctors certificate that must specifically state URTI. However, for administrative reasons the duty must be less than or equal to your URTI duty hours remaining.
So, in the case above, you have an URTI, 20:10 is deducted, with, therefore 7:50 URTI remaining from your 28. If your next duty is URTI is for a duty of 8:00, you cannot access the remaining 7:50, and thus, the 8 hours is deducted from your 76 personal leave. No pro-rata is available. Therefore, in effect, it is very difficult to access all the 28 DUTY hours of URTI.