Originally Posted by
dragon man
The vote was like finding any one who voted for Gough Whitlam, he won twice but everyone denies having voted for him. As for pilots helping the company I see it differently, they are helping themselves as they consider AIPA useless. When Qantas pilots split from the AFAP the then president Barry Fitzsimmons said at a meeting if you leave the AFAP you will eventually just become another arm of Qantas management. He was 100% correct.
How so?
AIPA is only as strong as the collective membership and only as effective as allowed under legislation. As to being an arm of Qantas management, care to expand on that, as that is not my experience.