MA000046  PR729304
FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION


Fair Work Act 2009

s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2020–21
(C2021/1)

AIR PILOTS AWARD 2020
[MA000046]

Airline operations

JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT CATANZARITI
DEPUTY PRESIDENT ASBURY
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON
MR FERGUSON
PROFESSOR WOODEN
MS LABINE-ROMAIN

MELBOURNE, 25 JUNE 2021

Annual Wage Review 2020–21.

A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2020–21 on 16 June 2021 [[2021] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:

1. By deleting the example appearing in clause 10.5 and inserting the following:

Example – Casual hourly rate for casual airlines/general aviation employees

   

Emma is a casual pilot paid an hourly rate derived from the minimum salaries in Schedule A of the award. Emma flies a piston engine aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 3810kg on commuter operations and is required to carry out flying using a Command instrument rating.

 

The annual salary for a full-time pilot under the classification of Captain, Multi engine 3360 kg UTBNI 5660 kg is $56,659.

   

Emma is entitled to additions to salary under clause A.1.3(a) of $1646.89 per annum and clause A.1.4 of $6587.56.

   

The formula to calculate her hourly casual rate under clauses 10.2 and 10.3 of the award is:

 

(Annual salary + annual applicable additions to salary) divided by 800 = hourly rate

 
 
 

Hourly rate x casual loading = casual hourly rate

 

Calculating Emma’s casual hourly rate:

 

Step 1: (annual salary + annual applicable additions to salary) = $64,893.45

 

Step 2: $64,893.45 / 800 = $81.12 per hour (hourly rate)

 

Step 3: $81.12 x 1.25 = $101.40* per hour (casual hourly rate)

 

Emma’s casual hourly rate of pay is $101.40* per hour.

 

*Emma’s actual rate of pay may differ based on other allowances that may be payable under the Air Pilots Award.

2. By deleting the amount “$108.87” appearing in clause 15.8(f)(ii) and inserting “$111.59”.

3. By deleting the amount “$86.92” appearing in clause 20.2(a)(ii) and inserting “$89.09”.

4. By deleting the amount “$43.90” appearing in clause 20.2(a)(iii) and inserting “$45.00”.

5. By deleting the amount “$105.36” appearing in clause 20.2(a)(iv) and inserting “$107.99”.

6. By deleting the amount “$15.80” appearing in clause 20.2(b)(ii) and inserting “$16.20”.

7. By deleting the table appearing in clause 20.2(c)(ii) and inserting the following:

 

$ per annum

Single pilot command

8959.44

Multi pilot command

5970.74

Co-pilot

4475.67

8. By deleting the amount “$34.24” appearing in clause 20.2(d)(i) and inserting “$35.10”.

9. By deleting the table appearing in clause A.1.1 and inserting the following:

Classification

Minimum salary per annum

 

Captain

First Officers
Second Pilots

 

$

$

Single engine UTBNI 1360 kg

46,797

40,178

Single engine 1360 kg–3359 kg

48,787

40,178

Single engine 3360 kg & above

56,659

44,228

Multi engine UTBNI 3360 kg

54,489

42,507

Multi engine 3360 kg UTBNI 5660 kg

56,659

44,228

Multi engine 5660 kg UTBNI 8500 kg

59,759

46,124

Multi engine 8500 kg UTBNI 12000 kg

64,285

48,989

Multi engine 12000 kg UTBNI 15000 kg

69,094

52,163

Multi engine 15000 kg UTBNI 19000 kg

75,294

55,956

Multi engine 19000 kg & above—unless otherwise listed

80,559

58,960

Dash 8 100–15650 kg MTOW

75,294

55,956

Dash 8 200–16466 kg MTOW

75,294

55,956

Dash 8 300–19505 kg MTOW

75,294

55,956

Dash 8 400–28998 kg MTOW

80,435

58,960

10. By deleting the table appearing in clause A.1.2 and inserting the following:

Classification

Minimum salary per annum
(full-time employee)

 

Captain

First Officer

Second Officer

 

$

$

$

Fokker 28

129,470

85,821

 

CRJ-50

129,470

85,821

 

BAe-146

140,162

92,558

 

Fokker 100

140,162

92,558

 

Boeing 717

140,162

92,558

 

Narrow body aircraft

146,942

96,774

 

Wide body aircraft–single deck

168,706

111,015

67,343

Wide body aircraft–double deck

190,472

125,256

75,887

11. By deleting the amount “$1606.74” appearing in clause A.1.3(a) and inserting “$1646.89”.

12. By deleting the amount “$5303.12” appearing in clause A.1.3(b) and inserting “$5435.64”.

13. By deleting the amount “$6997.66” appearing in clause A.1.3(c) and inserting “$7172.52”.

14. By deleting the amount “$11,238.40” appearing in clause A.1.3(d) and inserting “$11,519.23”.

15. By deleting the table appearing in clause A.1.4 and inserting the following:

Instrument flying rating

$ per annum

Command or Class 1

6587.56

Co-pilot or Class 2

4283.71

Night VFR or Class 4

1646.89

16. By deleting the amounts “$3661.26” and “$7322.52” and appearing in clause A.1.7(a)(i) and inserting “$3752.75” and “$7505.50” respectively.

17. By deleting the amounts “$3661.26” and “$7322.52” appearing in clause A.1.7(a)(ii) and inserting “$3752.75” and “$7505.50” respectively.

18. By deleting the amount “$930.68” appearing in clause A.1.7(c) and inserting “$953.94”.

19. By deleting the table appearing in clause A.1.8 and inserting the following:

Instrument flying rating

$ per annum

Command or Class 1

6587.56

Co-pilot or Class 2

4283.71

Night VFR or Class 4

1646.89

20. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.1.1 and inserting the following:

 

Minimum salary per annum

 

Captain

Co-pilot

 

$

$

Group 1

   

Cessna 206

53,300

 

Cessna 207

53,300

 

Cessna 210

53,300

 

Group 2

   

Aero Commander 500

59,058

 

Beechcraft 55

59,058

 

Beechcraft 58

59,058

 

Britten Norman BN2

59,058

 

Cessna 310

59,058

 

Cessna 337

59,058

 

Cessna 402

59,058

 

Cessna 414

59,058

 

Partenavia P68

59,058

 

Piper PA23

59,058

 

Piper PA30

59,058

 

Piper PA31

59,058

 

Piper PA34

59,058

 

Piper PA60 Aerostar

59,058

 

Group 3

   

Beechcraft 65

61,066

 

Cessna 404

61,066

 

Cessna 421

61,066

 

Aero Commander 680

61,066

 

Group 4

   

Cessna 441

65,397

 

Nomad N22

65,397

 

Nomad N24

65,397

 

Aero Commander 690

65,397

 

Group 5

   

Beechcraft 200

74,178

53,714

Swearingen 226

74,178

53,714

Swearingen 227

74,178

53,714

De Havilland 6-100

74,178

53,714

De Havilland 6-200

74,178

53,714

De Havilland 6-300

74,178

53,714

Casa 212

74,178

53,714

Embraer 110

74,178

53,714

Group 6

   

Jetstream 31

76,186

54,377

Beach 1900

76,186

54,377

Metro 23

76,186

54,377

Group 7

   

Cessna 550

79,215

55,260

McDonnell Douglas

79,215

55,260

DC3

79,215

55,260

Shorts SD-330

79,215

55,260

Shorts SD-360

79,215

55,260

Mohawk

79,215

55,260

Group 8

   

Saab-Fairchild

84,566

57,956

340 A

84,566

57,956

Group 9

   

De Havilland

91,293

61,396

Dash 8-100, 102, 200 and 300

91,293

61,396

ATR 42-300

91,293

61,396

Fokker 50

91,293

61,396

Dash 8-400

97,553

65,567

Group 10 (turbo jet aircraft)

   

Fokker 70 and Fokker 100

140,162

92,558

Bae-146

140,162

92,558

Embraer 190/195

140,162

92,558

Airbus A319

146,942

96,774

Airbus A320

146,942

96,774

Boeing 737-300

146,942

96,774

Boeing 737-400

146,942

96,774

21. By deleting the amount “$136.97” appearing in clause B.3.1 and inserting “$140.39”.

22. By deleting the table appearing in clause C.9.1 and inserting the following:

Aerial application flying hours experience in the industry

Minimum salary per week
(full-time employee)

 

$

0–1000

772.60

1001–2000

797.80

2001–3000

830.80

Over 3000

897.60

23. By deleting the amount “$236.06” appearing in clause C.9.2 and inserting “$241.96”.

24. By deleting the amount “$26.34” appearing in clause C.9.6 and inserting “$27.00”.

25. By deleting the amount “$4521.70” appearing in clause D.4.1(a) and inserting “$4634.69”.

26. By deleting the table appearing in clause D.4.1(b) and inserting the following:

Instrument flying rate

$ per annum

Command

5624.63

Co-pilot

3653.76

Night LVMC

1403.91

27. By deleting the table appearing in clause D.5.1 and inserting the following:

 

Minimum salary per annum
(full-time employee)

 

$

Single engine

 

1st year of service

57,856

2nd year of service

59,211

3rd year of service

60,509

4th year of service

61,782

5th year of service

63,137

6th year of service

64,491

7th year of service

65,849

8th year of service

67,205

9th year of service

68,558

Twin 0–9000 lbs

 

1st year of service

61,782

2nd year of service

63,137

3rd year of service

64,491

4th year of service

65,849

5th year of service

67,205

6th year of service

68,558

7th year of service

69,915

8th year of service

71,270

9th year of service

72,625

Twin over 9000 lbs

 

1st year of service

64,491

2nd year of service

65,849

3rd year of service

67,205

4th year of service

68,558

5th year of service

69,915

6th year of service

71,270

7th year of service

72,625

8th year of service

73,830

9th year of service

75,336

28. By deleting the amount “$21.95” appearing in clause D.5.3(a) and inserting “$22.50”.

29. By deleting the amounts “$9175.10” and “$6233.80” appearing in clause D.5.3(b) and inserting “$9404.37” and “$6389.57” respectively.

30. By deleting the table appearing in clause D.5.4 and inserting the following:

 

$ per night

Australia and dependencies

22.50

Overseas

22.50

31. By deleting the table appearing in clause D.6.1 and inserting the following:

Single engine command

Minimum salary per annum1

 

$

UTBNI 9000 lbs

 

1st year of service

60,426

2nd year of service

61,782

3rd year of service

63,137

4th year of service

64,491

5th year of service

65,849

6th year of service

67,205

7th year of service

68,558

8th year of service

69,913

9th year of service

71,270

10th year of service

72,625

11th year of service

73,979

12th year of service

75,336

13th year of service

76,692

14th year of service

78,049

15th year of service

79,405

All other operations command

 

1st year of service

67,205

2nd year of service

68,558

3rd year of service

69,913

4th year of service

71,270

5th year of service

72,625

6th year of service

73,979

7th year of service

75,336

8th year of service

76,692

9th year of service

78,049

10th year of service

79,405

11th year of service

80,758

12th year of service

82,114

13th year of service

83,470

14th year of service

84,823

15th year of service

86,180

32. By deleting the amount “$6804.50” appearing in clause D.6.3 and inserting “$6974.54”.

33. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.1.1 and inserting the following:

Flying hours experience in the industry

Minimum hourly rate

 

$

0–1000

20.33

1001–2000

20.99

2001–3000

21.86

Over 3000

23.62

34. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.1.2 and inserting the following:

 

Minimum daily rate

All employees

$

All employees

241.96

35. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.2.1 and inserting the following:

 

Per flying hour

 

1/800th of annual rate + 25% loading

 

$

Single engine aircraft

 

UTBNI 1360 kg

 

Captain

73.13

First Officer/Second Pilot

62.78

1360 kg – 3359 kg

 

Captain

76.23

First Officer/Second Pilot

62.78

3360 kg & above

 

Captain

88.53

First Officer/Second Pilot

69.11

Multi engine aircraft

 

UTBNI 3360 kg

 

Captain

85.14

First Officer/Second Pilot

66.41

3360 kg UTBNI 5660 kg

 

Captain

88.53

First Officer/Second Pilot

69.11

5660 kg UTBNI 8500 kg

 

Captain

93.38

First Officer/Second Pilot

72.08

8500 kg UTBNI 12000 kg

 

Captain

100.45

First Officer/Second Pilot

76.55

12000 kg UTBNI 15000 kg

 

Captain

107.96

First Officer/Second Pilot

81.50

15000 kg UTBNI 19000 kg

 

Captain

117.65

First Officer/Second Pilot

87.44

19000 kg & above – unless otherwise listed

 

Captain

125.88

First Officer/Second Pilot

92.13

Dash 8 aircraft

 

Dash 8 100 – 15650 kg MTOW; Dash 8 200 – 16466 kg MTOW; and Dash 8 300 – 19505 kg MTOW

 

Captain

117.65

First Officer/Second Pilot

87.44

Dash 8 400 – 28998 kg MTOW

 

Captain

125.68

First Officer/Second Pilot

92.13

Larger aircraft

 

Fokker 28 and CRJ-50

 

Captain

202.30

First Officer

134.10

BAe-146; Fokker 100; and Boeing 717

 

Captain

219.00

First Officer

144.63

Narrow body aircraft

 

Captain

229.60

First Officer

151.21

Wide body aircraft - single deck

 

Captain

263.60

First Officer

173.46

Second Officer

105.23

Wide body aircraft - double deck

 

Captain

297.61

First Officer

195.71

Second Officer

118.58

36. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.2.2 and inserting the following:

 

Per flying hour

 

1/800th of annual rate + 25% loading

 

$

Group 1

Cessna 206; Cessna 207 and Cessna 210

Captain

83.29

Group 2

Aero Commander 500; Beechcraft 55; Beechcraft 58; Britten Norman BN2; Cessna 310; Cessna 337; Cessna 402; Cessna 414; Partenavia P68; Piper PA23; Piper PA30; Piper PA31; Piper PA34 and Piper PA60 Aerostar

Captain

92.28

Group 3

Beechcraft 65; Cessna 404; Cessna 421; and Aero Commander 680

Captain

95.41

Group 4

Cessna 441; Nomad N22; Nomad N24; and Aero Commander 690

Captain

102.19

Group 5

Beechcraft 200; Swearingen 226; Swearingen 227; De Havilland 6-100; De Havilland 6-200; De Havilland 6-300; Casa 212 and Embraer 110

Captain

115.90

Co-pilot

83.93

Group 6

Jetstream 31; Beach 1900 and Metro 23

Captain

119.04

Co-pilot

84.96

Group 7

Cessna 550; McDonnell Douglas; DC3; Shorts SD-330; Shorts SD-360 and Mohawk

Captain

123.78

Co-pilot

86.35

Group 8

Saab-Fairchild and 340 A

Captain

132.14

Co-pilot

90.56

Group 9

De Havilland; Dash 8-100, 102, 200 and 300; ATR 42-300; and Fokker 50

Captain

142.65

Co-pilot

95.94

Group 9

Dash 8-400

Captain

152.43

Co-pilot

102.45

Group 10 (turbo jet aircraft)

Fokker 70 and Fokker 100; Bae-146 and Embraer 190/195

Captain

219.00

Co-pilot

144.63

Group 10 (turbo jet aircraft)

Airbus A319; Airbus 320; Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 737-400

Captain

229.60

Co-pilot

151.21

37. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.2.3 and inserting the following:

 

Pilot

Co-pilot

 

1/800th of annual rate + 25% loading

1/800th of annual rate + 25% loading

 

$ per flying hour

On-Shore Operations

   

Single Engine

   

1st year of service

90.40

63.28

2nd year of service

92.51

64.76

3rd year of service

94.55

66.19

4th year of service

96.54

67.58

5th year of service

98.65

69.05

6th year of service

100.76

70.54

7th year of service

102.89

72.03

8th year of service

105.01

73.50

9th year of service

107.13

74.99

Twin 0-9000 lbs

   

1st year of service

96.54

67.58

2nd year of service

98.65

69.05

3rd year of service

100.76

70.54

4th year of service

102.89

72.03

5th year of service

105.01

73.50

6th year of service

107.13

74.99

7th year of service

109.24

76.48

8th year of service

111.36

77.95

9th year of service

113.48

79.44

Twin over 9000 lbs

   

1st year of service

100.76

70.54

2nd year of service

102.89

72.03

3rd year of service

105.01

73.50

4th year of service

107.13

74.99

5th year of service

109.24

76.48

6th year of service

111.36

77.95

7th year of service

113.48

79.44

8th year of service

115.36

80.75

9th year of service

117.71

82.40

38. By deleting the table appearing in clause E.2.4 and inserting the following:

 

Pilot

Co-pilot

 

1/800th of annual rate + special duties addition + 25% loading1

1/800th of annual rate + special duties addition + 25% loading1

 

$ per flying hour

Single engine command

   

UTBNI 9000 lbs

   

1st year of service

105.31

76.99

2nd year of service

107.44

78.48

3rd year of service

109.55

79.95

4th year of service

111.66

81.44

5th year of service

113.79

82.93

6th year of service

115.90

84.40

7th year of service

118.03

85.89

8th year of service

120.14

87.36

9th year of service

122.26

88.85

10th year of service

124.38

90.34

11th year of service

126.49

91.81

12th year of service

128.61

93.30

13th year of service

130.73

94.78

14th year of service

132.85

96.26

15th year of service

134.96

97.75

All other operations command

   

1st year of service

115.90

84.40

2nd year of service

118.03

85.89

3rd year of service

120.14

87.36

4th year of service

122.26

88.85

5th year of service

124.38

90.34

6th year of service

126.49

91.81

7th year of service

128.61

93.30

8th year of service

130.73

94.78

9th year of service

132.85

96.26

10th year of service

134.96

97.75

11th year of service

137.09

99.23

12th year of service

139.20

100.71

13th year of service

141.33

102.19

14th year of service

143.44

103.68

15th year of service

145.55

105.16

39. By deleting the amount “$878.00” appearing in clause F.1 and inserting “$899.94”.

40. By deleting the table appearing in clause F.1 and inserting the following:

Clause

% of standard rate

$

Payable

Work on a rostered duty-free day

15.8(f)(ii)

12.4

111.59

per day worked

Engineering and other duties—50 hourly inspection

20.2(a)(ii)

9.9

89.09

per inspection

Engineering and other duties—Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer qualification

20.2(a)(iii)

5.0

45.00

per hour or part thereof

Engineering and other duties—excessive freight weight—pilot required to load/unload aircraft

20.2(a)(iv)

12.0

107.99

per tour of duty

Night operations—personal inconvenience allowance

20.2(b)(ii)

1.8

16.20

per night operation flown

Night vision goggles:

20.2(c)(ii)

     

Single pilot command

 

995.56

8959.44

per annum

Multi pilot command

 

663.46

5970.74

per annum

Co-pilot

 

497.33

4475.67

per annum

Overseas duty allowance

20.2(d)(i)

3.9

35.10

per occasion

Airlines/General Aviation

       

Piston engine aircraft—commuter operations

A.1.3(a)

183.0

1646.89

per annum

Airline Transport Pilots Licence (excluding Fokker-28 pilots)

A.1.3(b)

604.0

5435.64

per annum

Turbo-prop aircraft allowance

A.1.3(c)

797.0

7172.52

per annum

Turbo jet aircraft allowance (excluding Fokker-28 pilots)

A.1.3(d)

1280.0

11,519.23

per annum

Instrument flying rating (excluding Fokker-28 pilots):

A.1.4

     

Command or Class 1

 

732.0

6587.56

per annum

Co-pilot or Class 2

 

476.0

4283.71

per annum

Night VFR or Class 4

 

183.0

1646.89

per annum

Instrument flying rating—First Officer/Second Pilot:

A.1.6

     

Command or Class 1

 

732.0

6587.56

per annum

Co-pilot or Class 2

 

476.0

4283.71

per annum

Night VFR or Class 4

 

183.0

1646.89

per annum

Piston engine aircraft—commuter operations—additional entitlement (see A.1.3(a))

 

65% additional as specified in A.1.6

1070.48

per annum

Turbo-prop aircraft allowance—additional entitlement (see A.1.3(c))

 

65% additional as specified in A.1.6

4662.14

per annum

Turbo jet aircraft allowance—additional entitlement (see A.1.3(d))

 

65% additional as specified in A.1.6

7487.50

per annum

Flight instruction—single engine:

A.1.7(a)(i)

     

Grade II single engine charter

 

417.0

3752.75

per annum on appointment

Grade I single engine charter

 

834.0

7505.50

per annum on appointment

Flight instruction—multi engine:

A.1.7(a)(ii)

     

Grade II multi engine charter

 

417.0

3752.75

per annum on appointment

Grade I multi engine charter

 

834.0

7505.50

per annum on appointment

Flight instruction—single engine (Grade I instructor)—8 years of service

A.1.7(c)

106.0

953.94

per annum of sixth, seventh and eighth year of service

Instrument flying rating—flight instruction:

A.1.8

     

Command or Class 1

 

732.0

6587.56

per annum

Co-pilot or Class 2

 

476.0

4283.71

per annum

Night VFR or Class 4

 

183.0

1646.89

per annum

Regional Airlines

       

Freight weight allowance—in excess of 500kg—pilot required to load/unload aircraft

B.3.1

15.6

140.39

per tour of duty

Aerial Application Operations

       

Training and/or checking allowance

C.9.6

3.0

27.00

per hour*

Helicopter Operations

       

Senior commercial pilot’s licence allowance

D.4.1(a)

515.0

4634.69

per annum

Instrument flying rating:

D.4.1(b)

     

Command

 

625.0

5624.63

per annum

Co-pilot

 

406.0

3653.76

per annum

Night LVMC

 

156.0

1403.91

per annum

Cattle mustering allowance

D.5.3(a)

2.5

22.50

per day or part thereof

Police operations:

D.5.3(b)

     

Twin engine operations

 

1045.0

9404.37

per annum

Single engine operations

 

710.0

6389.57

per annum

Specific on-shore allowances—overnight allowance:

D.5.4

     

Australia and dependencies

 

2.5

22.50

per night spent away from home base

Overseas

 

2.5

22.50

per night spent away from home base

Specific off-shore additions—special duties

D.6.3

775.0

6974.54

per annum

B. This determination comes into operation on 1 November 2021. In accordance with s.286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 November 2021.

PRESIDENT

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