Australian Federation of Air Pilots
| Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | labor union |
| Chair: | Bryan Murray |
| Establishment date: | 1938 |
| Number of members: | 2,700 (2011) |
| Seat : | Melbourne |
| Website: | http://www.afap.org.au |
The Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) (German: Association of Australian Pilots ) is a union for Australian professional pilots. The pilots union does not use the English term union. In Australia, in addition to AFAP, there is another trade union organization for commercial pilots, the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA).
history
The forerunner of the AFAP was the Australian Institute of Air Pilots and Navigators , which was founded on May 18, 1938 in the Town Hall in Melbourne from 40 aircraft pilots and flight navigators from Victoria , New South Wales , Queensland , South Australia and Western Australia .
After the end of World War II , this pilots union was renamed the Australian Air Pilots' Association , which dissolved in 1959 because the members did not recognize the government's arbitration system at the court level and they formed the AFAP, which was not subject to these regulations.
In 1989 there was a pilots' strike, which is one of the toughest strikes - involving the use of the military - in Australian history. The AFAP took many years reductions of salaries back and when she began her strike on August 18, 1989, the pilots were working only from 9:00 am until 17:00 pm because the government of the Australian Labor Party of Bob Hawke them as employees wanted to treat other professions - so their argument. The dispute escalated because the pilots refused to take flight operations, so the government deployed the Australian Defense Force military pilots in civilian flight operations. This leads to the resignation of the striking pilots.
Organizational structure and members
The organizational structure of the AFAP is based on grassroots democracy , with politics being determined by majority decisions and the control of the decisions of the executive members being monitored by local councils.
The AFAP organizes helicopter drivers, pilots from the airlines Cobham Aviation , Eastern Australia Airlines , Regional Express Airlines , Sunstate Airlines , Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia , Tiger Airways , V Australia and Virgin Australia . The pilots of the airline Jetstar can decide whether they organize themselves in the AFAP or AIPA.
In addition to lobbying, AIPA offers its members insurance against the loss of their pilot's license, retirement and death insurance, and discounts for travel, food and car rental.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Australian Federation of Air Pilots ( Memento of the original dated July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Our Role , accessed March 5, 2011
- ↑ a b c Australian Federation of Air Pilots ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Our History , accessed March 5, 2011
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Troops as Strikebreakers: Use of the Defense Force in Industrial Action Situations , Current Issues Brief 3, 1996-1967, September 1, 1967, in English, accessed March 5, 2011
