Essendon Airport Puts Plans for Expansion on Hold, Days After Crash Australia’s pilots accuse airports and successive federal governments of putting commercial gain ahead of safety, amid a push for tighter federal regulation of property development inside the boundaries of privatised airfields. Read more>> February 23, 2017
Drones: Pilots Fears Easing of Laws Heightens Risk of Collision Pilots from Qantas and Virgin Australia have hit out at laws that deregulate the commercial operation of remotely piloted aircraft, saying the rule relaxation could lead to a collision between drones and passenger planes. Read more>> December 30, 2016
AusALPA Media Release Re CAO 48.1 Delay Today, AusALPA, which jointly represents around 6,000 professional pilots in Australia, expressed deep concern over CASA's announcement that it will delay the introduction of CAO 48.1 for another 12 months and intends to conduct an 'independent' review of the CAO 48.1 proposal in the interim. Read more>> October 7, 2016