Yes, overtime automatically applies when hours worked are in excess of 9.
Sinala - depends on the base. The outports are generally happy. Most people I've talked to seem encouraged by the proposed agreement (ie. they were expecting worse). The cap of sectors on the longer duty days helps a great deal. The idea of doing 6 sector + days had us all worried.
Not that they don't do that currently sometimes - MEL base have performed 6 sector days in the past. At least it's prevented in the new longer hour clauses of this EBA.
Is everything perfect? No - but then again, with WorkChoices literally around the corner, things could be a lot worse if we don't vote this one up.
For what it's worth, at least we're all being treated equally in some regards across the QF Group. Just like us in this proposed EBA, QF Short Haul have to provide medical certificates for every URTI day. Not only that, QF Short Haul have also lost their automated meal break penalty in exchange for a manual meal break penalty system to be signed off by the CSM (which is the same system JQ use).