the conditioned outlined in my contract isnt as bad as some people have outlined..
i am covered under the insurance.

i asked the question as i was reading the award, noticed the minimum duties and flight times and the pay corresponding.. one day for instance i was at the office all day and flew less then an hour. now if you can do your maths.. thats a whole days work for... ~$20-30. the award states that i need to be payed for atleast 2 hours flight.. am i entitled?

Bug Squasher

You have just crossed off one of the tests for not being a contractor. As one, you are supposed to provide your own insurance.

Seriously? You read all the responses in this thread and you still ask ..'am i entitled?"

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With that intelligence you deserve $20 a day.

Use your feet...

Just remember with your awesome $20 for a day - as a contactor - you need to pay your insurance, upkeep your specialist equipment and tools, pay your own tax, pay your own superannuation, pay to get to and from the airport and then support yourself (and if your lucky a family)

now if you did not answer yes to everyone of those then your not a contractor by any context - most definately can't be a job if your in the red after a days work - a hobby maybe but not a job.

If it were me, I would move on (as I did), you'll be happier.

it took me 6 months at the first and 2 months at the second I got suckered into before realising how I was having my pants pulled down and moved on. Since then nothing but fulltime, never paid for an endorsement, made just shy of 6 figures pa in ga - they aren't all crooks - keep hunting.

Do yourself the favour. Don't waste the time like I did (and money)- move on - the real jobs are out there and waiting for you...

Mate if you want a definitive answer talk to an industrial lawyer.
Too expensive? Rubbish! 1% of your salary + G.S.T...

With your earnings its a bargain :D

Shocked I went to the Fair Work Australia website to find out what I could do.
They have a test you can do online to check if you are being employed under sham-contracting.
The test said this is what I was being employed under.
I was working for one company on constant shift work but was being paid under minimum wage, wasn’t being paid superannuation and had no Work Cover insurance.
I was told all the other employees at my work were on the same arrangements.
When I worked out how I was being employed, my wife and I were very angry that I could be treated so badly when I was going to work and doing my job each day.
I have created a petition asking the company to pay me back the legal minimum wage.
Yesterday I arrived in Canberra with the National Union of Workers to attend the ACTU’s summit on insecure work.


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Ejector,
You don't need to create a petition to get what's owed to you. All you need to do is contact Fair Work Australia. Maybe even join AFAP and seek their help if needed.

Problem solved.

morno