Psycho,
I doubt VIPA will survive without the the support of its constituency (if it actually has one) and should it fail that will be the main reason.
Interesting that the head honcho of the AFAP is a
VB captain and
VB still has an active council, so I still believe the formation of VIPA is as I suggested.
The AFAP is surviving very well, as AIPA don't care about anyone but the Qantas group pilots, and very few of those are leaving to join AIPA, as it is not able to deliver on its promises.
I would be delighted to see VIPA negotiate a better deal for VA, that is not what my post was about, it was aimed more at the suggestion that the new AIPA/VIPA alliance will bring "UNITY" to the pilot profession in Australia, which clearly, it won't.