Hypothetically speaking... hours worked

[Boomtown]

If you are skids up at 0800 and fly for 0.5 to a remote site with a crew, Sit there all day then fly them back (another 0.5) and are skids down at 1800... how many hours did you work that day 

 

[jljohnston79]

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[DGP]

Welcome to the wide wide world of helicopter flying!

[pilot83]

Hope you’re getting mins and not just sitting there for your day rate + 1 hour flt pay! If you are, you are better off working at the local bowling alley cuz that dude is making more per hour than you.  Ahhhhhhh but wait you get to tell all the chicks you’re a Pilot right! That’s why we all do it correct?  And to answer your question it would be a 11 hour duty day as TC would like to see at least 30 mins prior to departure and 30 mins after landing for preflight/post flight and paperwork. 

 

[robottxt]

Heres the systems i've seen to abuse the seasonal averaging agreement

Company 1

-Flight time plus 2hrs

Company 2 ( more generous, not like the dirt bags down the road)

-minimum 8hrs or flight time plus 2 hrs for days over 8hrs flying

Company 3

-If you meet 2080hrs your done flying till Jan1.  Put what ever you want on the forum.

Company 4

We don't pay over time....

[simpleton]

1.0hrs Airtime

1.1-1.2hrs Flight Time

1.5-1.7hrs Fight Duty Time

The balance is "other hours worked" on the timesheet

If I'm in the field, it all counts towards my 2080hrs for the year.

[vortex]

If you’re curious about a legal interpretation, here’s some light reading 

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/laws-regulations/labour/interpretations-policies/hours-work.html

[Bif]

1 hour ago, vortex said:

If you’re curious about a legal interpretation, here’s some light reading 

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/laws-regulations/labour/interpretations-policies/hours-work.html

Yeah, Labour Canada is pretty clear about what constitutes hours of work, despite what the people signing the pay cheques may try to tell you.

Namely:

In general, an employee is performing “work" when the employee:

• is on any trial period or training required by the employer;

• is on travel time required by the employer;

• is at the employer’s disposal on the worksite and the employee is required to wait for work to be assigned or is assigned work outside their normal responsibilities; and

• is on a scheduled break granted by the employer.

[Bif]

2 hours ago, robottxt said:

Heres the systems i've seen to abuse the seasonal averaging agreement

Company 1

-Flight time plus 2hrs

Company 2 ( more generous, not like the dirt bags down the road)

-minimum 8hrs or flight time plus 2 hrs for days over 8hrs flying

Company 3

-If you meet 2080hrs your done flying till Jan1.  Put what ever you want on the forum.

Company 4

We don't pay over time....

It gets really special when you combine Company 1, 3, and 4...

[DGP]

I seemed to have worked for #4....for 40+ yrs....and usually from sun up to sun down.😩