Capt Baldman is right...maybe "virginexcess" could have posted the part before ....."With this in mind"......
Here it is again, but this time in context and without his "Selective editing"..
Despite some of the ill-informed propaganda on the
VB pilots forum apparently originating from XXXX,
be advised that the AFAP is not actively promoting common law contracts. Our legal advice is that there is
no ability under the Fair Work Act to vary the existing VB agreement to incorporate the A330 operation. Under the transitional provisions of the Act a WorkChoices agreement (which is what the 2007 agreement is) can only be varied in limited circumstances (i.e. to remove ambiguity) which are not relevant in this case. Further an EBA covering the introductory phase of the A330, as XXXX is advocating, would only cover A330 pilots and could only be voted on by pilots engaged on the A330 – currently there are two. This would mean that some 900 pilots would not get a vote – extraordinary!
With this in mind, the AFAP has formed the strategic view that common law contracts would be a workable
interim measure until the renegotiation of the existing VB Agreement, provided that pilots were still afforded EBA protections (i.e. work rules, OT, callouts etc) and an undertaking was given by the Company to incorporate the A330 in the next Agreement as outlined above. This was the position put forward at the meeting.
But lets get this forum back on track, VA's EBA