District allowance NT/award

[Bluemeaway]

Hi,

I'm considering taking a job in NT.


Which is award GA/RPT with a requirement to be instrument rated.
What are these district allowances about, is to be included in your salary from your employer or do you get it from the government?

I'm having trouble understanding the award also I understand the minimum wage multi engine utbni 3600kg =40kpa

How do the additions work for been IR needed and RPT etc?

The person interviewing said " it's award" to my reply what is that? He said " with additions for RPT and IFR works out to 60-65k"

Can someone shed some light on this for me?

Wise ass remarks not so helpful

Cheers

[Ixixly]

http://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/modern_awards/pdf/MA000046.pdf

Apologies, you said you were having trouble understanding the award, i'll try and help you with it.

Above link is the latest award just incase.

Multi engine UTBNI 3360 kg $42,772 for Captain

Before we go on the Standard Rate is currently defined as "standard rate means the minimum salary for a Captain single engine UTBNI 1360 kg in Schedule B divided by 52" which is 36,734/52 = 706.42.

Not entirely sure what sort of operation your doing add the following as appropriate:

(a) A pilot flying a piston engine aircraft engaged on commuter operations will be paid an additional allowance of 183% of the standard rate per annum. ($1292.75)

(b) A pilot (excluding Fokker-28 pilots) required to hold and exercise the privileges of a Senior Commercial Pilots’ Licence or Airline Transport Pilots Licence by their company or CASA (or who operates under an exemption from holding that licence) will be paid 604% of the standard rate per annum. ($4266.78)

(c) A pilot flying a turbo-prop aircraft will be paid 797% of the standard rate per annum. ($5630.17)

B.1.4
Pilots (excluding Fokker-28 pilots) who are required to carry out flying using an instrument rating will be paid an additional allowance as follows:
Instrument flying rating
Percentage of standard rate
Command or Class 1 732% ($5171.00)

The bold parts are my working out, so assuming your required to hold an ATPL, flying M/E UTBNI 3360kg, with a CIR on Turbo-prop you'd be entitled to $59,132.7. Your overall package will be higher if you have overnights of course and I honestly never could work out the stupid NT District Allowance anyway!

Keep in mind also there are additions for use of an Instructor Rating and/or Training other pilots, CFI, Senior Base etc...etc...

Any more specific questions feel free to ask.

[Bluemeaway]

Thanks, I have that already just trying to figure that out in regards to the parts that say ie for turbo prop 797 % the standard rate and somewhere else in there if the position requires the use of a command instrument rating shall be paid 732% allowance.

This to me doesn't make sense.

So for a job that pays 40k flying it IFR turbo prop you get 1400% of 40k.... No way that can be right..

[Ixixly]

Haha, as soon as I replied I realised it was a bit smart ass and the whole "732%" stuff can be a little confusing, hope the working out I did above helps you.

[Ixixly]

Also, worthy of mention, is that you get certain tax benefits for living in "Remote Areas" in the NT, unless things have changed in the year or so since I left even Darwin gets you a few hundred dollars worth of Tax Returned straight away at the end of the year. In the most remote areas you got up to $1400 which is a tidy little bonus come tax time... Bought me my Lightspeed Zulu2s one year and a chunk off my credit card the next!!

For more info go to T8 - Zone or overseas forces 2012 (http://www.ato.gov.au/content/00313906.htm), it explains it far better than I could I think!!

[ralph1]

Please forgive my ignorance but what is UTBNI.

Cheers:O

[Ixixly]

UTBNI stands for Up To But Not Including....

[ResBunny]

Often confused.

The District Allowance was an allowance paid, with different rates for single employees or employees with a spouse and/or dependants. If you were employed before 1 Jan 2010, and you were entitled to District allowance under an award that gave you the allowance, and you're still with the same employer, then you are still entitled to it up until 31 Dec 14. If not you're out of luck.

The Zone Rebate is as Ixixly said, a rebate that you get back at tax time depending on how remote your base is. Although it's hardly worth bothering, with, you can fill in a Withholding Declaration have have a tiny bit less money taken out each pay.

Regards

[Bluemeaway]

What is "required to hold a senior cpl or aptl"

[NIK320]

I was employed after 2010 and get the district allowance every fortnight.
Is that separate to the remote area tax offset? A nice little bonus inbound by the look of it.