So the next challenge now is for the AFAP to recruit members amongst the QF pilot group, and for them to be recognised as a negotiating agent by QF
Both are going to be difficult. Many QF pilots have experience being 'covered' by the Feds previously when in GA and working for JQ. I would rather go unrepresented then have anything to do with them again - I remember being thrown under the bus industrially several times by them when they did 'deals' with GA employers.
QF doesn't have to negotiate with them under the FW rules. Just has to meet with them. They way they handled the guys who tried to individually negotiate with them during the last EA period is the best guide to how the AFAP will be treated.
One union is not going to make a difference to pilot terms and conditions in Australia. Australian pilots are always happy to work for less, particularly if it screws another pilot - the AFAP wont change that. Exhibit A is the behaviour of Tin Foil Hat 2 on the Alliance thread.