There are fears of flight disruptions at two of the country's busiest airports amid a 24-hour strike.
engineers critical to aircraft maintenance are walking off the job this morning in a 24-hour strike that could spark flight delays or cancellations.'s Tullamarine Airport will down their tools from 9am, while in Brisbane heavy maintenance engineers are striking from 1.30am AEST.
The Alliance is asking for a five per cent pay rise per year, starting with a 15 per cent pay rise this year to compensate to 3.5 years of wage freezes. The pay negotiations began in April, and the engineers' current enterprise agreement expired at the end of June.
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