Originally Posted by
Talkwrench
ACT Crusader,
I had a look at the link you provided and it confirms to me that the Category A Licence is indeed a Licence issued by CASA, therefore making the recipient of a Category A Licence a Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (LAME).
The LAME should then be covered by the union that covers LAMEs - The ALAEA.
Is that not a reasonable position to take?
I'm just trying to understand the issues better before I could say if it's reasonable or not. I'm an IR tragic and over a number of years have found union coverage disputes intriguing.
While i was looking at one of the union websites recently I found a link to the QF engineers Alliance and questioned why ALAEA was not involved when many of the "principles" at least we're akin to the ALAEA arguments during last years bargaining. And my first thought was that there was an issue boiling under the surface.
But this issue of coverage isn't new. Back in 2010 ALAEA applied to Fair Work to get its rules changed but nothing occurred according to the ALAEA rules (no changes since 2005). I'm not claiming to know all the facts but something seems amiss with this whole issue.
http://www.alaea.asn.au/attachments/article/106/20100527_Notice_All_Members__ALAEA_Rule_Change.pdf
http://www.e-airc.gov.au/107n/rules