Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson has another industrial relations battle on her hands, with pilots voicing their displeasure after the airline’s main pilots’ union, the Australian International and Pilots Association (AIPA), agreed “in principle” to a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) with its mainline short-haul pilots.
The airline’s management is insisting on a two-year pay freeze (for 2022-23) — the third for pilots in the past 30 years — amid record profits and executive bonuses. Pilots are being offered 3% for 2025, 2026 and 2027 and the possibility of an extra 2.5%
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