Australian and International Pilots Association explained

AIPA
Location Country:	Australia
Affiliation:	ACTU
Members:	2,131 (as at 31 December 2022)^[1]
Full Name:	Australian and International Pilots Association
Founded:	1981^[2]
Headquarters:	Sydney, New South Wales
Key People:	Murray Butt, President David Backhouse, Secretary

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) is a trade union and professional association formed in 1981 to represent Qantas and its related companies pilots and flight engineers. The AIPA broke away from the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) in the early 1980s. It was formally registered in 1986.

In May 2007 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission ruled that the AIPA could cover pilots employed by Jetstar.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Membership size of registered organisations – 2023 . Fair Work Commission . 16 September 2023.
2. Web site: About . Australian & International Pilots Association . Australian & International Pilots Association . 23 November 2019.
3. Web site: About AIPA . Australian and International Pilots Association . Australian and International Pilots Association . 2006 . Australian and International Pilots Association . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . 2021-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070105112136/http://www.aipa.org.au/AboutAIPA/tabid/53/Default.aspx . 2007-01-05 . Wayback Machine.
4. Woods . Ian . Flying high . Workers Online . 2006-12-01 . Labor Council of New South Wales . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . live . https://archive.today/20121231100742/http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200612/a_interview_woods.html . 31 December 2012 . 2021-12-04.
5. Application by the Australian and International Pilots Association. [2007] AIRC 420|court=Australian Industrial Relations Commission,|date=23 May 2007|url=https://archive.today/20120716192430/http://www.airc.gov.au/alldocuments/PR977163.htm|access-date=2021-12-04|via=archive.md|archive-date=2012-07-16|url-status=dead}} This means that coverage of Jetstar pilots is shared between the AFAP and the AIPA.

   The AIPA does not view itself as a trade union, but as a "professional Association and federally registered organisation".^[3] In late 2006 it decided to rejoin the ACTU.^[4]

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