More Qantas Flight Pain as Pilots Fight for Pay Rise

Published on February 10, 2024

Regional airline passengers and fly-in, fly-out workers are in for more disruptions as pilots working for a Qantas subsidiary vote to take more industrial action. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots said on Feb. 9 its members working for Network Aviation and QantasLink in Western Australia (WA) would walk off the job on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 over stalled wage negotiations. Qantas Group said it was disappointed by the pilots’ decision to strike for a second time in less than a week and passengers’ travel plans would again be disrupted. “We are reviewing schedules and planning contingencies to make sure our customers can get where they need to go,” a spokeswoman said....

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