Originally Posted by
Telfer86
George George you have to leave this 1980s mindset behind or perhaps you just like Billy Shorten
Employees have been working extra time than their scheduled shift etc , allocated period of work for the same "flat rate" rate of pay for decades
Just because it's not double time doesn't mean its not overtime , otherwise George you would have the poor working man doing 12 hours & telling him
that he ain't working OT. Does that sound fair George ?
Does anyone know any NB pilots with a better deal than QF SH ? Fritz from LH or Pierre from AF , might come close ?
With the greatest of respect you have missed the point entirely.
It is not my fondness or otherwise for overtime rates that is the issue. Its the structure of the award itself.
Pilots were enticed back to work back in `89 by are bare-bones award with few benefits except a very high hourly rate.
Ever since then it has been an uphill battle to vary the award and the high hourly rate and low minimum guarantee are the weapons used by management ever since.
Any variation to the award has to be at the expense of one or both.
Management loves the simplicity of it and even more the fact that there is zero pressure on the producers of rosters to maximise their efficiency.
All the benefits go one way.
There is pretty well zero affection for the SH award precisely because of what it does for the life style/money balance.
Nothing to do with my affection for penalty rates.
Got it now?