Mar 7, 2016 12:01
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French term

\"effectuées en fonction\"

French to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) flight crew payment conditions
Par principe, chaque heure supplémentaire, soit à compter de la 76ème heure de vol, donne lieu à une majoration de 25 % portant sur les éléments de rémunération à l’exclusion des remboursements de frais.

Par exception, en cas d’étape, le déclenchement des heures supplémentaires se fait selon la formule : 75 - (n étapes, dans le mois, effectuées en fonction - 20 x 1/6), sans pour autant être inférieur à 67 heures

I really do not understand the expression especially followed by -20 x 1/6. "étapes" appears to be sectors, or stages in a flight, not just one long flight, "en fonction" appears to mean "revenue flight" but I can't see what "n étapes, dans le mois, effectuées en fonction - 20 x 1/6" means exactly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
4 performed on the job

Discussion

Zonia Clissold (asker) Apr 24, 2016:
Many thanks to Tony for explaining what the formula meant and slipping in the term "legs" that I had not found.
Anne Bohy Mar 7, 2016:
en fonction = on duty If you are flying but not working, the flight is not taken into account
Tony M Mar 7, 2016:
@ Asker It seems to mean that the overtime threshold is calculated on the basis of a notional 75, from which are subtracted (the number of flight 'legs' less 20, then divided by 6); so it looks as if for small numbers of 'legs', you would be subtracting a minus sum, i.e. increasing the threshold, whereas for a large number of 'legs', you would be lowering the threshold — which sort of seems to make sense. Especially if doing flights in 'legs' like this means that you lose out on working hours as you are not paid when idle, for example.
So if you did 26 legs in the month, your overtime threshold would be 75 – (26–20)/6) = 74.
Alexandre Tissot Mar 7, 2016:
Good afternoon, I would tend to understand it as "n étapes effectuées selon le schéma - 20 X 1/6" but it is only a suggestion.

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