Originally Posted by
bobbelmore
I remember the AFAP. Isn’t that the Australian pilot union that cost more than 2000 Australian airline pilots their jobs in pursuit of an industrial agenda. In the same timeframe X number of such pilots suicided and Y number of marriages ended in divorce as
a direct consequence.
It is the same pilot union that recommended a “yes”vote in 2 out of 3 of the last pilot ballots in the Network dispute.
Howcome the AFAP is now the answer to all problems for Australian airline pilots?
No , it wasn't the AFAP, it was James Strong, Peter Abeles and the revengeful Bob Hawke, along with a gaggle of useful idiots.
Hawke set out long before 1989 to bring down the AFAP because of its refusal to fall under the wing of the ACTU of which he was leader. Hawke took this as a personal slight. So he waited and as PM and with his mate Abeles they got Strong on board and in the first time in history threatened to personally sue an pilot who went on strike over an pre planned attempt to effectively cut pilots terms and conditions, yes a disgraceful Labor PM.
No doubt the AFAP got some poor advice at the time