And AIPA has been in existence for 20+ years and has access to how much money to fund their office and office managers? The JPA are a small group who have managed to obtain for their constituency more money and better equipment than they were originally flying, albeit on the back of some favourable Board decisions.
The time has come however to move to better resourced representation as Jetstar continues to grow. I don't however see AIPA as being the automatic body of choice. I am a little bit cynical about both the AFAP and AIPA appealing to us now about voting no. They were both aware of the EBA's negotiation and of the voting timetable. Why don't they conduct their own roadshows at their own expense if they are so interested in representing Jetstar pilots. Whoever manages to represent the majority of Jetstar pilots stand to gain quite a windfall in subscriptions so I think they should start lobbying personally and not through the expedient of emails.