Tigerair faces flight cancellation threat over pilot dispute
Disruption to air travel for thousands of Tigerair customers looms this weekend as pilots are set to take industrial action as an industrial dispute deepens at the airline. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots and fellow union VIPA - which together represent more than 80% of Tigerair pilots - said their members would to take disruptive action from the morning of Friday May 4 through to midnight Sunday unless there is a breakthrough in bargaining. The carrier has assured customers it has plans to minimise disruption, including moving passengers onto its parent airline Virgin Australia's services. If the protected industrial action goes ahead the unions' members will refuse to fly aircraft that have "allowable defects" - minor faults that do not need immediate repair - and will not fly any hours outside of their published roster. <br/>
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Tigerair faces flight cancellation threat over pilot dispute
Disruption to air travel for thousands of Tigerair customers looms this weekend as pilots are set to take industrial action as an industrial dispute deepens at the airline. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots and fellow union VIPA - which together represent more than 80% of Tigerair pilots - said their members would to take disruptive action from the morning of Friday May 4 through to midnight Sunday unless there is a breakthrough in bargaining. The carrier has assured customers it has plans to minimise disruption, including moving passengers onto its parent airline Virgin Australia's services. If the protected industrial action goes ahead the unions' members will refuse to fly aircraft that have "allowable defects" - minor faults that do not need immediate repair - and will not fly any hours outside of their published roster. <br/>
