Being over there you are some what out of the loop maybe…
The AFAP is a pilot body representing pilots but I think the industrial offers employed by them have let them down, the AFAP have just become a rubber stamp for industrial agreements. They have stood by and supported the downward spiral of wages and conditions.
The EPG will be able to seek the best available Industrial advice and the members are free to join what ever union best suits them, obviously it is better for the group if the majority are all members of the same union and in this day and age the Union that represents all the pilots at a particular company has less conflict of interest….
I understand that some have maintained a minimal membership of the AFAP so as to keep their Loss of License with the MBF as well as joining another union.