EBA Babylon: I can see where you are coming from once you add up your days work. BUT as a CS you are probably doing between 150-160 hours per month with availables, so the 140x12 isnt quite right anyway. I would say 155x12=1860 and this doesnt even include all the suplementary stuff that you were talking about. Lets say another 5 hours a month free of charge taking you to 1920 hours per annum.
Under the new system at least they are recognising the fact that you need to do paperwork/propel and once you hit 130 you will be getting x1.5 ($42 per hour), as opposed to the available rate you are getting now.
Also dont forget about the fatigue management hours and limitations. I am yet to work out exactly how many hours you can do in a month before that stops you from working anymore.
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Please forgive me if I am starting to sound like management its just the more I talk about it the more open to change my mind is becoming.