The Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said on Tuesday that it was more likely that employees and employers would negotiate more formal arrangements for out of hours contact through workplace agreements and conditions for award workers would be updated by the Fair Work Commission.
While I don’t think this legislation means aircrew will be totally free of contractibility requirements at home, it should mean there’ll have to be specific contact requirements negotiated into EAs which specify when a company can contact a pilot and when they are required to respond.