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Old 18th Mar 2005, 05:46
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wanty
 
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shift rates etc

Seems like most of u blokes work in the UK,hence the pay in pounds.Anyway,I work in Australia for Qantas, on the 2days 2 nights,4 off and to me it is the best shift around that I know of.Our shift penalties are averaged over a week and equate to about 43% of base pay.Not meaning to sound picky,but at least you blokes over in Europe have more than 2 airlines with which to take your liscences to. IE ,over here we only have Qantas and Virgin blue.Qantas only ever offer 3% as an annual increase in base pay, each time there is an enterprise bargaining agreement period come due.Or you can work for Virgin blue and get worked to the bone. On roughly $110k a year flat, with my shifts,but beeats the hell out of pumping the o/t all the time.
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