WARNING NAC PILOTS…
Sign the contract and you could be wide open to suet in the event you stuff it!
Just been having a close review of the "contract" conditions and here's the deal for all. NAC staff can volunteer to quit and sign on as subcontractors for Best Practice Skills (a one branch employment firm in Nightcliff) who is contracted by NAC to provide pilot staff. HA has informed BPS that he only wishes to use hired contractors from now on, and therefore those who don't quit and be sub's will… well you can guess I'm sure.
As his staff are all aware I'm sure, the "contract" does not cover your 2 and 4 hour minimum payments, instrument renewals and endorsements, uniform allowance, IFR allowance. But more than this, the contract does NOT properly allow for superannuation, 6 weeks holidays per year, 15 days personal (sick) leave per year, any cover for workers compensation and leaves you wide open to public liability.
If NAC wants to pay you out FAIRLY rather than pay by the award you should see a number more like,
----------------------Single----------Twin
Basic........................29660............34128
Holidays Loaded..........2681..............3085
Holiday Unloaded.........1141...............1313
Personal Leave...........1226...............1411
IFR Renewal.................N/A..............1000
Endorsements.............1500...............2500...(from HA's own figures)
IFR/NVFR.....................993...............3971
Uniform.......................244.................244
Normal Salary.........$37,445..........$47,652
Plus....
Superannuation...........3370...............4289
Workers Comp.............2500...............2500
F/Time "Contract"....$43,315......$54,441
Casual "Contract".....$67.68 /hr...$85.07 /hr
Yep, $67 per hour if HA wants a "Contract" single pilot!!! Not the bulls___ deal he's trying to muscle on you guys.
Plus you should still get a MINIMUM of 2 hours pay, or 4 hours pay for DUTY PERIODS in excess of 4 hours.
On top of this you need, in writing, cover under a company policy for passenger and public liability insurance, otherwise add many thousands to the above numbers to insure yourself or hundreds of thousands if you don't.
NAC is looking more and more like the sweatshops of China. Sign on with the BPS agreement and you guys and gal's achieve nothing more than placing your own securities at risk. It's a straight out exploitation and a plain old rip-off job.
I would also raise question about the validity of an operator's AOC if its pilot staff cease to be fully covered under its passenger and/or public liability insurance. Maybe that’s something CASA should be looking at.
Last edited by jon.pierre; 29th Jul 2004 at 13:28.