It's important for the JPC to consider "stick" hour vs "credit" hour when planning international flying. I assume that most of the Jetstar pilots have had a purely domestic background and have not had the situation where a port is serviced infrequently ie 2-3 times per week. In this situation, if their pay is stick hour based then they effectively are unpaid on the days that they are hanging around the pool in the slip port hotel. If a large amount of flying is to low frequency ports then their pay will be significantly reduced. Apart from accomodation and allowance costs, there is no incentive for management to make the flying patterns highly efficient. A "credit" hour system forces management to make the patterns efficient otherwise they pay pilots for the time that they are unutilised. J*'s international destinations will initially be Bali and Honolulu which do have infrequent services so this is a situation that has to be discussed prior to signing any agreement.