Industrial action could affect more than 50 flights including routes from Perth to regional towns and mine sites
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundupThe stop work action could affect more than 50 flights, including Qantas Link routes from Perth to regional WA towns such as Exmouth, Karratha, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie, as well as to mine sites.More than 85% of Network Aviation’s 250 pilots are Afap members, and of those, 99.
Senior industrial officer Chris Aikens said the Afap “is disappointed that we have had to take this action”.
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