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 Founding MAs:  BY CAPTAIN MARCUS DIAMOND


        Safety & Technical Officer



 AusALPA











 AUSTRALIAN AIR LINE PILOTS’ ASSOCIATION







 Australian pilots have always had a very strong and
 active role in IFALPA. Captain Len Moray was the

 first to represent Australia at the IFALPA inaugural
 meeting in London in 1948.



 The original Australian Member Association was
 the Australian Air Pilots Association (AAPA) which
 later became known as the Australian Federation
 of Air Pilots (AFAP). As the rules of IFALPA allow
 for recognition of only one Member Association
 in any one country, AusALPA was formed on 25
 March  1997 in conjunction  with the  Australian
 and International Pilots’ Association (AIPA) as an
 umbrella organisation to allow all Australian pi-
 lots to have representation at IFALPA.  AusALPA
 is a partnership between the two largest pilot as-
 sociations in Australia, the AFAP and AIPA.

 While  Captain  Moray  was  present  at  the  first
 meeting,  over  the  years  AusALPA and  IFALPA
 have shared many members who worked on im-
 proving the working conditions and safety within
 the  aviation  industry  both  internationally  and
 within Australia. One of these pilots with a par-
 ticularly impressive career is Captain Ron Stacey.

 Captain Stacey first joined the AFAP in 1960 and
 quickly increased his involvement in the Federa-
 tion’s activities, joining the safety and technical
 committee in 1973 and working on topics such   A copy of the original certificate of IFALPA membership is proudly displayed   Over the years Australia has hosted a number of IFALPA Conferences including
 in the Melbourne head office of the Australian Federation of Air Pilots.        Sydney in 1952, Gold Coast in 1980, and Sydney again in 2004.
 as Aircraft Design and Operation (ADO), Aero-
 drome and Ground  Aids (AGA). Other  subjects
 that were topical during this period were Pans-
 Ops -Annex 14., obstacle clearance, OLS, aero-
 dromes, continuing airworthiness, windshear.
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