The latter half of calendar year 1989 will go down in Australian history as the period when the nation’s single strongest and most successful union, the Australian Federation of Air Pilots, literally committed industrial suicide. And we don’t say strongest and most successful lightly. Without doubt the AFAP and its predecessor, the Australian Air Pilots

 Pilots Dispute Could Force Government Cash Injection for Australian Qantas: At presstime, it could be fairly confidently said that it would now be doubtful if Australian Airlines would be able to declare a nett profit for the 89/90 year. The implication for the Government is that it will now have to inject cash into the

Norfolk in Surprise Defence Contract Win: Norfolk Jet Aviation, a division of Norfolk Island Airways, has won a $26m 5 year contract from the Department of Defence. The win comes as a surprise as Lloyd Aviation were widely tipped as the hot favorites to win a renewal on the DoD contract which they have been

DC-10 Safety Moves: In the wake of the Sioux City DC-10 accident last July in which the uncontained disintegration of the tail mounted No2 CF6 engine damaged all three of the aircraft’s hydraulic systems, McDonnell Douglas has announced a series of safety enhancement modifications designed to cope with an admittedly unlikely recurrence of those circumstances.