23AG EBA's and lay-off's & GHPA
1stly to those poor Aussies touring overseas.....as of July 1st just past this current government has screwed you! 23AG the foreign sourced income tax exemption has been abolished! You now get a tax credit for any tax paid in the country you work in and the rest is taxed at the full marginal tax rate in Australia ...Thanks K.Rudd.
Next EBA's are not perfect but they beat having nothing and once agreed they should be adhered to by both parties!
The lay-off's at BHA were for blokes on foreign validations, not permanent pilots.
In other news The GHPA (Global Helicopter Pilots Association) representing the Pilots of CHC Global has won it's right to be certified as the bargaining unit for the pilot body. CHC fought their application through the courts for the last 3 years. Hopefully the company might just accept the ruling this time...but then gain...perhaps not!