WC Conference on Thursday
On Thursday this week we are attending a Fair Work Commission (FWC) conference in Sydney before Deputy President Roberts. This conference is regarding our application to terminate the Express Freighters Australia (Operations) Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2021 (“current Agreement” or “existing Agreement”).
We have also written to Qantas CEO of Qantas International and Freight, Cam Wallace and Qantas Executive Manager Freight, Igor Kwiatkowski requesting they attend Thursday’s FWC conference.
We will update you on the outcome of Thursday’s conference.
Provision of material and invitation to provide your views
In accordance with the Directions issued by the FWC regarding our application to terminate the EA (matter No. AG2025/2996), tomorrow (by 4:00pm Tuesday 21 October 2025) EFA must provide all EFA pilots with the material filed in matter No. AG2025/2996.
EFA pilots are then able to provide their views directly to the FWC via email to chambers.cross.dp@fwc.gov.au before 4:00pm Tuesday 28 October 2025.
We encourage all pilots to take this opportunity and let the FWC know your views directly. Please ensure you keep any emails professional in tone. You are also welcome to forward a copy of your email to the AFAP via simon@afap.org.au.
Comparative material
While on the matter of the termination of the current EFA EA, below is a recent indicative table prepared by one of the EFA pilots comparing the Award to the EFA EA rates. It obviously makes various assumptions regarding how many times various Award allowances would be payable:
Ongoing PIA
Just a reminder that several forms of protected industrial action (PIA) are still in force as follows:
- A ban on working on the following days as scheduled in the pilots’ initially published roster:
- rostered days off;
- non-work days for part time employees;
- annual leave days; and
- long service leave days.
- A ban on being contactable by EFA unless on a rostered duty or during a reserve period. This includes that a pilot will not answer phone calls, acknowledge texts, acknowledge updates to their roster, acknowledge emails or respond to any other form of communication unless they are on a rostered duty or in a designated reserve period.
- A ban on signing on within 120 minutes of being called in off a reserve period.
- A ban on reporting and/or performing any work duties before the scheduled sign-on time for a duty.
We ask that all members continue to enact the above PIA.
If significant progress is not achieved this week, we will also be actively considering an escalation of PIA.
Thank you again for your support as we work to achieve a fair and reasonable agreement at EFA.
If you have any questions on the above, please contact us directly or Simon Lutton at the AFAP on mobile: 0419 482 582 or email simon@afap.org.au.
In Unity
Susha Semenikow and Dean McMahon
AFAP EFA Pilot Representatives