AFAP - Chartair Members Update & Survey Nov 2025
Piston Engine – Addition to Salary
The AFAP has reviewed outstanding underpayment claims regarding pilots previously employed at Chartair, this relates to the piston-engine addition to salary in the Award (and other payments not paid under the Award).
The AFAP and former CEO suggested this matter may be best worked through cooperatively to resolve the difference in interpretation, including with the assistance of the Fair Work Commission.
The AFAP has summarised the matter and engagement to the current Chartair CEO and provided background.
Please find
AFAP letter attached here (and
annexures here).
The AFAP will also review feedback from the current pilot group, and consider how this issues relates to your current conditions (see survey link below).
Should there be a resolution and/or progress in discussions we will provide updates to members in due course, if the matter proceeds to the Fair Work Commission we will also discuss further.
Addressing the minimum salary, us important to resolve initially in the case there are other outstanding matters that identified by pilots via the AFAP pilot survey (see link below), and other member feedback (or historic matters for previous employees).
AFAP - 2025 Chartair Pilots Survey
As above these claims have been relative to some previous pilots employed at Chartair, to assist in reviewing the implications on current and previous pilots, please complete the following short pilots survey.
Welcome to provide the survey to other pilots that are not yet AFAP members.
Clink on link to Chartair Pilot Survey
*Please find a quiet place and about 10mins to complete the survey, prior to soft close on 2 Dec 2025.
Upload Employment Contracts & Agreements
Please email
Industrial@afap.org.au copies of your employment contract and recent pay slips – with subject line “Chartair Pilot Survey” . This can be reviewed as part of the survey.
If you have any feedback, queries, and/or updates please contact the AFAP via AFAP Senior Industrial Officer, Jason Newell via email on
Jason@afap.org.au.
Yours sincerely,
AFAP Industrial Team