Originally Posted by lurker@R5
Guardian - for starters - leadership is about turning up and being there for the troops -not infringing MBT and clearing pay protection by working out of category.
2 precedents the Company would just love to establish.
What on earth is this rubbish?
MBT is there so the COMPANY can not force us to work too close to the previous trip, to ensure we have some home time.
We are entitled to infringe that if we desire, this is OUR choice, and why not if we can use it to achieve the same result; more quality time at home.
How on earth is the company going to use our right to infringe MBT as a precedent for them to forcibly infringe MBT?
If this story is true and an FAAA rep did work as previously rumoured, then how about considering that he or she may have done so in order to remove themselves from a situation where they may be forced to work a duty that will potentially conflict with an important personal engagement.
Have you thought that they may have been already down to mimimum guarantee hours and therefore are not permitted to drop the pay protection.
Have you considered that the amount of time they devote to the FAAA, might minimize the amount of personal time at home they have anyway?
MBT has nothing to do with rest requirements before we are allowed to work again.
The company is allowed to turn someone around after a LHR trip on arrival in SYD to AKL or MEL for example, and then somewhere else the next day, providing duty hours mimimum rest are within required limits.
This nonsense about precedents is unbelievable.
As for working on the nation day of protest, big deal!
It's not like this was a stop work meeting or an FAAA only event.