Originally Posted by
The Love Doctor
And therein explains why the AFAP is as good as useless. The "official" pilot union successfully negotiated a new base salary for highly trained individuals to be roughly min wage. Know your worth and just say no
This shows a complete misunderstanding of how award rates are calculated.
Firstly, nominal increases to award rates are determined each year by the Fair Work Commission. So as well as determining what the minimum wage is, the Commission also determines how much award rates increase (1.75% this year I think).
Secondly - whilst the AFAP makes submissions as to what the pay should be in the award, you equally have business arguing against any increases in pay. The last time there was a review into the Air Pilots Award, there was any number of operators stating why pilot wages shouldn’t go up. And it’s this push by the operators that we now have things like pilots being bonded for ‘reasonable expenses for training’ enshrined in the award 🙄
You knock the AFAP for negotiating the minimum wage - out of interest, what were AIPA, VIPA and the TWUs position on what the minimum rates of pay for pilots should be? Oh wait....
And whilst the Liberal party keeps appointing people like this to the Fair Work Commission, things certainly won’t get any easier for those that are employed on basic award rates (or the minimum wage):
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal...0210322-p57csf
But then no one really thinks about these sorts of things when they go to the ballot box.