Dear Colleague,
Re: Application for Membership in AIPA
The coverage of AIPA has been extended by order of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission made on 13 June 2007 to include airline pilots employed by Jetstar, Eastern and Sunstate.
AIPA will receive and welcome applications for membership from all pilots in these categories.
Those who have already signed applications are asked to do so again in order to remove any argument by Qantas/AFAP that those applications were invalid or are not current.
Such fresh applications will be submitted for acceptance by a meeting of the Committee of Management of AIPA to be held for this purpose at 10.00 am on Tuesday, 19 June 2007 (next Tuesday) at the AIPA office.
Those who have already paid a joining fee to AIPA need not pay again. Otherwise a joining fee of $25 is payable.
Those accepted for membership should be entitled to be included in the roll of voters for elections in AIPA to be held later this year and subject to maintaining financiality will be eligible to nominate or be nominated in those elections.
The roll of voters is due to close on or about 10 July 2007 and AIPA seeks the widest possible membership from Jetstar, Eastern and Sunstate pilots before that date, despite the shortness of time.
An application form is available
http://www.aipa.org.au/AboutAIPA/tabid/53/Default.aspx. Please sign and return it immediately to the AIPA office.
Although a stay of proceedings has been foreshadowed by the President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to take effect 7 days after the decision of SDP Kaufman granting AIPA coverage (therefore from or after 20 June next) the President has recognised the right of AIPA to apply for the foreshadowed stay not to apply and this application will be made.
However, airline pilots employed by Jetstar, Eastern and Sunstate must have lodged applications for acceptance by the Committee of Management before its next meeting on Tuesday, 19 June next for their membership and inclusion in the roll of voters to be effective.
Given that this notice can only be emailed to a limited number of Qantas Group pilots, it would be appreciated if you would do what you can to make sure that all pilots in all Qantas Group subsidiaries receive a copy of this email.
On behalf of AIPA I warmly welcome Jetstar, Eastern and Sunstate pilots to AIPA membership.
Yours sincerely,
Capt Ian Woods
AIPA President