Period on board. The duration of the period on board shall be agreed between the individual company and the local trade union. Where local trade union does not exist, it is to be agreed with the shop stewards. Under normal conditions the employee shall in principle not return to shore on a later flight than that which carried him out to the field. Extra work time in connection with a regular period on board may only be allowed pursuant to chapter VIII in the Framework Regulations, to be paid for by overtime pay pursuant to section 5.1. If the employer, through no fault of his own, is unable to implement crew change in due time, for instance in connection with difficult weather conditions, technical problems with the helicopter or because relief has been taken ill, it is presupposed that the employee or employees concerned continue in service to the extent this is reasonable, if major difficulties for the unit or for those on board would otherwise arise. Those reporting at the reporting point at the agreed time earn wages, public holiday allowance and leisure period as if they had been at work on the vessel according to schedule. Subsistence and catering expenses during the waiting time are to be covered by the employer according to the same guidelines as mentioned under section 13. This shall also apply for personnel called out in addition to their own work schedule. If the company asks the employee to postpone travel from home address or advance the time of the return home from the field, wages are earned, even if this results in fewer days on the shelf than given in the work schedule. Waiting time (leisure time) on board the unit, when work is not carried out is to be paid for by the hourly rate (monthly wage/146) per hour. Waiting time is calculated from the time fixed for departure, or after 14 days from the time the period on board started. Brief interruptions in the period on board are calculated as part of the period on board. Leisure period lost is thus settled. In connection with waiting time at heliport of more than 1 hour in excess of normal departure (due to late helicopter departure) is to be compensated for per hour by the hourly rate, calculated from the time of scheduled helicopter departure. When waiting time at heliport occurs during what should have been working hours on the shelf, and/or when someone is sent to hotel/home from heliport, the waiting time payment is suspended from the time of check in at hotel or arrival at home and until departure from h...
