The ame ot bank doesn't require 38 hrs to be banked before you can use the hours you have earned. There is a limit to how many hours a year the company can use ie 38 hrs in one year max, without mutual agreement. If you want to you can use the hours before you earn them and then pay them back with your next shift.
It doesnt have the stupid shift penalty clause.
If the company wants to stand you down on a sunday (if you work critical path) then its up to them to pay you your penalties.
Just think of this example ... you "volunteer" you work o/t on thurs and fri..8 hrs in total, the company stands you down on a sunday and makes you use 16 hours of the bank that you are trying to accrue. Thats fair ,isn't it?
It is much tighter in controlling the company than the alaea proposed deal.
The alaea model is one that they thought up in a hurry so they could sign a memorandum of understanding so that the BNE sight would go ahead.
The AWU hung back and discussed all the issues before the workers started in BNE and came up with some better solutions.
I don't even think that the LAMES in BNE are using the bank system yet due to admin problems.