"[3] AFAP-represented pilots work in general aviation and flight instruction, crop dusting, aeromedical services and fly for regional, domestic and international airlines.
[4] After World War II, it became the Australian Air Pilots’ Association (AAPA), taking on a greater role in traditional trade union matters such as contract negotiations and working conditions.
[4] The AAPA was disbanded in 1959, when its entire membership resigned due to an arbitration system imposed by the government on all trade and industrial unions which was perceived as "incapable of understanding the profession."
The dispute was a response by the AFAP to a prolonged period of wage suppression, undertaken in support of its campaign for a pay increase in the domestic airlines (which it quantified at 27% plus a compounding amount for future inflation creating 29%, though such claims usually form a starting position for negotiations).
The percentage figure was created to cover all pilots from small flight instruction through to domestic carriers as the talks were forced to an Industry wide discussion at direction of Federal Government.