Air traffic controllers have voted by 701 to 42 in favour of industrial action as may be directed by their union Civil Air over grievances concerning pay negotiations and levels of overtime.
This is not a vote for an immediate strike. While it could lead to a strike controllers say overtime bans are a more likely [...]
Tag Archives: air-traffic-control
Air traffic controllers endorse possible industrial action
February 12, 2009 – 2:22 pm
Your Christmas flight might even be on time
December 23, 2008 – 4:28 pm
Civil Air, the air traffic controller union, says there will be no industrial action during the holiday season.
This might not eliminate problems however, as the statement points to the chronic shortage of controllers, whether union members or not, which has caused air traffic control disruption all year.
The union’s tactic is to leave the Minister for [...]
Hello everybody, big jet coming through
September 26, 2008 – 8:24 am
Up until midnight there had been 69 declarations this month of zones in the sky over Australia where normal air traffic control was unavailable to airliners, air freighters and private aircraft capable of using the same air space. The position of the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese is that this is a [...]
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