I am looking at getting as much info as possible on the current state
of the Australian Airline Industry. I would like to know things such
as, how many people it employs, who are the major stakeholders, what
sort of $ it brings into national income, history, etc

Coupled to this, any info on industrial relations issues that have
occurred in the past and who was involved i.e. strikes, bans, sit-ins
etc

Dear wconway-ga, 
 
I believe these links below should provide you with a fairly
comprehensive coverage of your question. The one thing that may be
missing is good, up-to-date data on the numbers employed in the
industry, however, this may be contained deep in the body of some of
the documents referred to below. As there is so much information here
I have not read it all, if I have missed something do get back to me
by way of clarification.

As a starting point, this is a brief review of aviation in Australia.
Aviation in Australia 
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/aviation.html

In 2003 a very comprehensive research report was published on the
Australian Airline Industry. It is available from the Australian
Parliament web site. This provides a good comprehensive description of
the industry.
HTML format with hyperlinks to sources.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP10.htm
Or in PDF format
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP10.pdf

Current statistics can be obtained from the Dept of Transport and
Regional Services.
June 2005 - transport statistics including aviation statistics.
http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/general/trnstats05/ATS05.pdf

Avline is a twice yearly newsletter on the industry published by the
above source. Again packed with statistics and information.

?Avline reveals key statistical information about aviation sector
performance and is targeted to Government and industry working with
public policy issues in aviation. Avline is scheduled for release each
April and October.?

Avline May 2005
http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/aviation/avline/avline6/avline6.pdf
Avline November 2004 
http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/aviation/avline/avline5/avline5.pdf
Avline May 2004
http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/aviation/avline/avline4/avline4.pdf

Additional statistics can be found on this page under the heading
?Aviation Statistics?
http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/statsindex.aspx

This is a report into non-scheduled flying in Australia which may also
be of interest.
General Aviation Sector in April 2005 - 132 pages
http://www.btre.gov.au/docs/reports/r111/btre_report111.pdf

Parliamentary Transport and Regional Services Standing Committee to
conducted an inquiry
into regional aviation services. This is a summary of the findings
which may also be of interest.
Neville Report - summary of findings
http://www.raaa.com.au/pdf/RAAA-NevilleReportBackground-final11004.pdf


As for industrial disputes, I have found the following references.

Airline pilots dispute in 1989
http://www.takver.com/history/pilotsdispute1989.htm
http://airaanz.econ.usyd.edu.au/papers/schulte_Zhu.pdf

Other past and current industrial disputes or relevant articles
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/dec2001/qant-d20.shtml
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jan2002/qant-j23.shtml
http://www.travelbiz.com.au/articles/3d/0c02c03d.asp
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16913982%255E23349,00.html
http://www.union-network.org/uniproperty.nsf/0/62f1a5cbf6d24983c1256a6f003dba58?OpenDocument
http://www.itfglobal.org/solidarity/australia.cfm


This is the Australian Government web site which has a number of
useful links which may interest you for later research.
http://www.australia.gov.au/180


I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder

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Request for Answer Clarification by wconway-ga on 20 Oct 2005 02:47 PDT

That info is awesome, I can tease a lot out of it. Just one final
point, is there any more specific info on unions involved in the
industry? I know that Qantas alone deals with up to 16 unions, it
would be great to get a list of them and even their membership
numbers.

Thanks again.

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 20 Oct 2005 04:46 PDT

Dear wconway-ga,

Focussing on the airline by name has helped to produce some
information on the unions.

The Australian Services Union describes itself as ?the biggest
Australian union covering airline industry workers. Our members work
for Qantas, Impulse, Virgin Blue, Regional Express, Eastern Australia
Airlines, Sunstate Airlines, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines,
Malaysia Airlines and other overseas airlines, as well as contractors
in the industry.?
http://www.asu.asn.au/airlines/

On one page it discusses the introduction of random drug and alcohol
testing for airline workers at Qantas. A petition to the airline was
signed by the below unions.  Therefore I believe that all listed
unions have members employed by Qantas. To identify the number of
members for each rather takes us out of the original question
parameters. However, I have copied below the web sites for each of
these unions should you wish to explore each one.


?Authorised by: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU); Australian
Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA); Australian Workers
Union (AWU); Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU);
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers
Australia (APESMA); Australian Services Union (ASU); Communications
Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU); Flight Attendants' Association
of Australia - Domestic/Regional Division & International Division
(FAAA); Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMWU);
National Union of Workers (NUW); Transport Workers Union (TWU).?

http://www.asu.asn.au/media/airlines_qantas/20040528_ohs.html
http://www.asu.asn.au/media/qfohsjointnewsletterno5.pdf


Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU); 
http://www.actu.asn.au/

Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA)
Current membership is in excess of 4,000 
http://www.alaea.asn.au/static/membership.php

Australian Workers Union (AWU) 
http://www.awu.net.au/

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
http://www.amwu.asn.au/

Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA)
http://www.apesma.asn.au/

Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU)
http://www.cepu.asn.au/

Flight Attendants' Association of Australia - Domestic/Regional
Division & International Division (FAAA)
http://www.faaa.net/index.asp

Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMWU)
http://www.lhmu.org.au/

National Union of Workers (NUW)
http://www.nuw.org.au/

Transport Workers Union (TWU)
http://twu.com.au/


I hope this helps.

answerfinder-ga

awesome answer! great value and follow up!

Dear wconway-ga,
Thank you for the tip. Pleased I could help.
answerfinder-ga