Australian and International Pilots Association
| Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | labor union |
| Chair: | Barry Jacksom |
| Establishment date: | 1986 |
| Number of members: | 2,500 (2011) |
| Seat : |
Melbourne Australia
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| Website: | http://www.airc.gov.au |
The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) (German: Australian and International Pilots Association ), which was founded in 1981, is a union that organized the interests of around 2,500 pilots in Melbourne in 2011 . The AIPA sees itself as a “professional association and federally registered organization” (German: “professional association with nationwide approval”) and does not use the term trade union. AIPA organizes Australian pilots for Qantas Airways , Jetstar Airways , Eastern Australia Airlines and Sunstate Airlines who operate national and international flight routes.
history
The Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) was formed in the early 1980s and was incorporated as a trade union organization in 1986. In May 2007, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission issued an order that Jetstar pilots could choose to join either AFAP or AIPA.
Memberships
AIPA is a member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) with 46 Australian unions and in the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), which consists of 93 unions. AIPA is also a member of the Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition , which includes pilots from Qantas, Aer Lingus , American Airlines , British Airways , Lan Chile , Iberia , Cathay Pacific , Finnair , Malev , Japan Airlines and Mexicana . AIPA has joined the International Transport Workers' Federation , an international transport union that brings together 4,600,000 transport workers in 155 countries with 749 unions.
Organizational structure and goals
AIPA is run by a management committee of 40 pilots who are elected. The president, four vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer are elected from among the members of the committee.
The goals are task fulfillment according to qualification, payment according to responsibility, observance of the applicable laws and rules, effective and efficient task completion.
2011
In February 2011, the AIPA made demands to increase the pilot's salary and job security. Since Qantas is not ready to follow the demands, plans of the AIPA have been drawn up that the demands could be enforced in a pilots strike.
If there was a strike, it would be the first in 45 years.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Australian and International Pilots Association ( Memento of the original dated February 19, 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. : About us AIPA , accessed March 5, 2011
- ^ Australian Industrial Relations Commission : Application by the Australian and International Pilots Association (D2006 / 58) dated May 23, 2007, in English, accessed March 5, 2011
- ↑ Australian and International Pilots Association ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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. : Organizational Structure , accessed March 5, 2011
- ↑ abc.net.au : Alison Caldwell: Qantas pilots' union won't rule out strike action , in English, accessed March 5, 2011
