AP781128 - Flight Attendants (Domestic Airlines) Award 1999

21. LINE SUPERVISOR/INFLIGHT TRAINER/GROUND SCHOOL TRAINER

21.1 Check pursers/line supervisor

21.1.1 Check Pursers/Line supervisors may be awarded their own rosters. Flight Attendants whose rosters are to be checked will normally drop their rostered duties to operate on the Check Purser/Line Supervisors flight. However, where the check cannot otherwise be achieved, the Check Purser/Line Supervisor may be reassigned another duty within the two plus two reassignable period, in order to cover the necessary checking duties.

21.1.2 Days off for ground supervision duties may only be altered by agreement.

21.1.3 Once the Check Purser/Line Supervisors’ planned checking has been built into their roster for the month, and that checking involves a projection over the 120 hour limit, the Check Purser/Line Supervisor will be displaced from duty to bring themselves within that limit. Displacement from flights will be from non-check sequences commencing with the lowest duty sequence until the 120 hour limit is achieved.

21.1.4 Time for questioning and assessment of a Flight Attendant will be 30 minutes maximum. This additional time will be full duty time and will be in addition to normal sign on or sign off time and will also be planned and included in the daily and monthly duty hour limitations. Any additional time required for questioning and assessment will count towards the daily and monthly maximum duty hours.

21.1.5 Where a Flight Attendant is displaced from rostered duty for questioning and or assessment purposes, any additional hours accredited by the above reasons will contribute towards the monthly maximum rostered hours. The Flight Attendant will be displaced from duty to bring them within that limit. Displacement from flights will be from sequences commencing with the lowest duty sequence until the 120 hour limit is achieved.

21.1.6 A Flight Attendant will have the right to refuse an appointment as a Check Purser/Line Supervisor.

21.1.7 Termination of the appointment as a Check Purser/Line Supervisor will be by 4 weeks’ notice in writing by either party.

21.2 Inflight trainer

21.2.1 A permanent Training Flight Attendant will be notified prior to the completion of rosters in a month where training in that roster period is required.

21.2.2 A temporary Training Flight Attendant will be offered training prior to the completion of rosters.

[21.2.3 varied by PR900218 from 11Oct99]

21.2.3 A Training Flight Attendant will be relieved of all training duty for 4 weeks in every 19 weeks, exclusive of any part annual leave.

21.2.4 All training and known retraining is to be notified prior to the bid draw for the appropriate roster period.

21.2.5 A Flight Attendant will have the right to refuse an appointment as a Training Flight Attendant.

21.2.6 Appointments as Inflight Flight Attendant Trainers will be terminable by 4 weeks notice in writing by either party.

21.3 Ground school trainer

21.3.1 A permanent Ground Training Flight Attendant will be notified prior to the completion of rosters in a month where training in that roster period is required.

21.3.2 A temporary Ground Training Flight Attendant will be offered training prior to the completion of rosters.

21.3.3 In addition to their base salary, Ground Trainers are entitled to the following while working in training school:

21.3.3(a) Allowances contained in 19.1, 19.5, 19.10 and 19.15.

21.3.3(b) Overtime on a daily basis.

21.3.3(c) In lieu of shift penalty.

21.3.3(d) IPD rates for hours in excess of the 140 hour maximum.

21.3.3(e) One IPD (minimum payment of 8 hours) per Monday to Friday week or a 3 day part thereof (hours not included in 140 hour monthly maximum) (Qantas Only). This subclause does not apply to Ansett Australia Limited.

21.3.3(f) If in the school for 3 days or more in any one week, one day is to be an IPD (Ansett Only). This subclause does not apply to Qantas Airways Limited.

21.3.4 A Flight Attendant will have the right to refuse an appointment as a Ground Training Flight Attendant.

21.3.5 Appointments as Ground Training Flight Attendants will be terminable by 4 weeks notice in writing by either party.