Today we gave EFA notice of the commencement of 4 employee claim actions that will commence from this Friday 4 July 2025. These actions are all relatively low level, often called “work to rule” type actions.
The four actions are:
- 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.
Each of these actions commence after 00:01 on Friday 4 July 2025 and continue indefinitely.
A copy of the letters providing notice to the Company are available via the links below:
Letter 1 (PIA ballot item 1) - click here
Letter 2 (PIA ballot item 5) - click here
Letter 3 (PIA ballot item 7) - click here
Letter 4 (PIA ballot item 9) - click here
We request that all members participate in these bans, commencing from Friday 4 July 2025.
Our next bargaining meeting with EFA is scheduled for next week (Tuesday 8 July 2025 in Sydney).
Thank you again for your ongoing 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.
Yours sincerely
Susha Semenikow and Dean McMahon
AFAP EFA Pilot Representatives