TL asks :"Can anyone see any negatives arising from this?"
Duh!
First question for you lads and lasses who might be a little scared of walking up to the boss and saying -- hey, I think we need to have a look at how this new law affects us...
Feel a little apprehensive about doing that?
Are you the person that aspires to taking command of a multi-engined jet at some stage in the future? Think that will be everything going your way every day? Think that you won't have some stand-offs with your management in that fine job?
Not a job for a shrinking violet.
Get some practice in standing up for yourself now.
You are just asking for the minimum wage the employers and the union AGREED to in the Industrial Relations Court.
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Can only see positives for CPL's looking to make their way up.
Same number of charters will depart each day. Maybe a smaller team of pilots flying them. Said pilots can now borrow money to buy cars, get instrument ratings, save up for that Virgin 737 endorsement. Said pilots getting more hours faster and moving through the system faster. Less time to wait for the next guy or gal to take their old job ---
Of course all the Top End employers know about the award. Sheesh.
They take comfort in the fact that only one pilot in twenty, on average, has the b@lls to ask for what they are entitled to.
That says more about the lack of character in 19 out of 20 CPLs than it says about the employers.
Stop whinging and white-anting each other.
Ask for your money.