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Old 31st Mar 2023, 08:20
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swh

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Originally Posted by Seaeagle109
Pretty sure that pilots get 6 weeks annual leave, instead of the society standard 4 weeks, because we work on public holidays without extra compensation. The amount of public holidays roughly equates to 10 working days, hence the 2 extra weeks.

So, if you want to decline to work on public holidays, I guess that employers will want to reduce annual leave back to 4 weeks.
normal worker has
52 weekends plus
12 public holidays (or more depending on
the state) plus
4 weeks annual leave

that is 144 days off a year (about 40%)

pilots get 42 days off (about 12%)

i hope you are not a captain if that is the way you
look at data before you, you think we should go from 12% down to 8%. An airline managers dream.

It is easy to see who is getting raped by their employer
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