Originally Posted by
10JQKA
Think u may be right. I think last serious ATC industrial action was early 1989 just before the pilots' strike.
From Civil Air site:
January 1989 The Sydney ATC Dispute begins. Principal catalyst for action is lack of staffing requiring excessive use of overtime.
10 April 1989 Commissioner Sheather – Order that bans and limitations at Sydney and Melbourne be lifted immediately.
13 April 1989 CommissionerSheather decision – “Reasonable Overtime” - One overtime shift or other overtime up to a maximum of seven hours overtime in any fortnightly period.
28 June 1989 Justice Munro decision on “stand down”. History of case involved industrial activity at Mascot Airport. Approved CAA application for insertion of stand down clauses.
4 September 1989 Industrial Relations Commission Full Bench decision released on the Sydney dispute.
Note: Principal catalyst for action is
lack of staffing requiring excessive use of overtime.
In 1989 a restriction was placed on the number of consecutive shifts that ATCs could work (10 shifts), prior to that there was no maximum. This was inserted into the Enterprise Agreement, Airservices has been trying to get rid of this 10 shift limitation ever since.