Originally Posted by
ShandywithSugar
Lookleft , surely all pilots benefit from a higher ODTA from being away from base (with thanks to the optimiser) and is Perth flying being rostered exclusively to former western lads? Looking from the outside.
Yes they will do, assuming the optimiser doesn’t decide that touring duties are expensive as a result of ODTA and the layover highline scheme (get paid for your hours away from base in addition to accruing allowances).
The ex-Perth pilot thing is a dead cat being thrown on the table by the telegram mob to try and discredit the proposal by attacking the integrity of the negotiating team. Ex-PER pilots whose families still reside in WA will naturally bid for tours involving PER layovers, many other pilots will probably bid to avoid them, guess where Jbid will allocate PER overnights as a result. But for the hard of thinking this is used as a weapon to encourage division.