Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Limited T/A QantasLink

[2020] FWCA 352

[2020] FWCA 352

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Limited T/A QantasLink
(AG2019/5101)

LICENCED AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS EASTERN AIRLINES TAMWORTH ENGINEERING BASE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Airline operations
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BEAUMONT	PERTH, 28 JANUARY 2020

Application for approval of the Licenced Aircraft Engineers Eastern Airlines Tamworth Engineering Base Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Limited T/A QantasLink has made an application for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Licenced Aircraft Engineers Eastern Airlines Tamworth Engineering Base Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) is attached to the Agreement and taken to be a term of it.

[4] The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (the organisation),being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2), and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the organisation is covered by the Agreement.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 28 January 2020 and, in accordance with s 54 and clause 5 of the Agreement, will operate from 4 February 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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