Originally Posted by
Vindiesel
You really don't understand the AstrtaZenica case do you? It held that workers on a fixed 12 hour shift roster were entitled to 10 days at 12 hours per day, workers on fixed 8 hour rosters were entitled to 10 days at 8 hours pay and so on. These workers were rostered on fixed shift lengths. QF SH pilots are not. The AstraZenica case is not authority that workers with variable shift lengths automatically get 10 times their maximum possible shift length hours as an annual entitlement, as you suggest.
What is the average duty length for SH pilots?
Have read the judgement in detail.
The notion that Qantas deduct duty hours rostered (ie 11.45) instead of an average 7.6 hours that provides an employee 10 days of personal leave is now illegal.
What is the average duty length for SH pilots?
That is a great question. Presumably where the duty time is greater than 7.6 hours Qantas
could deduct 7.6 hours, (giving 10 days) they instead
chose to deduct the actual duty hours. That it shortchanges pilots is axiomatic, the question is how much money is owed to each individual.
Qantas pilots meet the definition of shift workers.
Unless overturned Qantas owes its pilots a substantial amount of compensation.
Pick a number, $35 million, $50 million?
A great piece of leverage for a contract negotiation isn't it?