Neville. I’m not on AL at the moment. I’m stood down. I can elect to be paid my annual leave entitlements in lieu of being stood down unpaid. A subtle but important distinction.
Interestingly the pay slip refers to this also showing SU $0 and then AL credit hours with the $$$ figure beside them.
Even if a pilot was supposed to be on Annual leave when all this started they still got a stand down notice. That then also triggers the inability to schedule the surgery or otherwise be sick for your leave and thus take sick leave and get the annual leave re-credited.