I have not seen the document and am a litle dismayed that AIPA cant represent all pilots.Why is this so!As a
vb pilot I would be happy to become one union asap.
This was never about AIPA getting coverage of all pilots. AIPA only set out to gain coverage of Qantas group pilots that flew "their routes". See Kaufmann at his paragraph
66.
That is what they wanted, and that is what they won.
Coverage of
VB/Skywest/NJS pilots on domestic and regional routes, coverage of freighter pilots etc. was not the objective.
If anything, by initiating and continuing with expensive legal action with wall-to-wall silk against a 'competing' pilot union, the AIPA has soured relations with the one other big pilot union in this country, and put the 'one pilot union' concept back several steps.
You guys at
VB (AFAP membership 475 out of 560-580 pilots) stand to lose as many as 383 paid up AFAP members in sunnies, eastern and jetstar to AIPA. That is a huge potential loss of subscriptions, and therefore union resources. Will the AFAP be able to offer you the support you enjoy now, however flawed? Can you go and join the 'big guys' at AIPA?
No, you can't. Thats for QF group pilots only.