Today the opposing candidates put out a FB post suggesting that Teri O’Toole had spent money in a wasteful, manner and made bad financial decisions.

Lets talk the truth

1) Peter and his team believe that a Secretary should share YOUR working conditions - Which airline Peter ? We represent every airline in Australia from Network Aviation in Perth , to Alliance in Adelaide , Perth and Brisbane. What about Virgin conditions ?, do you work under those Peter , or do you or your team even know them ? This team for the first time in FAAA history represent every member equally

2) Peter has said a Secretary that flies is important - however Peter was elected with Michael Mijatov and he did not fly for the period he was in his role, and Peter supported that why is he so against Teri? Peter also did not sit on ANY committee representing members during his time as an elected official , so where is his experience, he also never negotiated a EBA, again so where is this experience.

3) Leave Bank has been withdrawn so no ability for any elected official to be in the office of the FAAA unless they take leave without pay for the 4 years or resign . Surely if you are putting your hat in the ring you would have taken the time to know that. So how can you do this serious job on days off from flying. How will he fight for members rights .

4) What Teri is being paid was a decision of the Executive - she is a Barrister and works 24/7 , her wages have been increased with her workload and her success with membership growth. If we were to try and employ Teri we could not afford her, and the members and officials think we are getting her expertise cheap.

5) Teri lives in Melbourne and commutes to Sydney - she lived in Melbourne when she was elected and crew knew this. She has never missed a meeting or failed to turn up . She does disciplinary meetings in all bases representing members and this is just attacking someone for where they live. She has been more effective than any other leader regardless of where she resides and the opposition team all live in Sydney so what about BNE and MEL members ?

6) Teri delivered the worst conditions ever in EBA11 - Teri did not deliver anything - the company put out EA11 and the FAAA did not support this as it is the agreement you have now - Qantas moved to terminate and the FAAA were forced into not running a NO campaign or QF would have withdrawn and gone to termination. This continued blaming of a single person is plain nasty by those who are spreading this and shows they are not fit to hold office where honesty and integrity is important.

7) During Covid the FAAA did reduce fees for covid relief moving it to $5 and for those who got jobs with the government during covid we reached a deal with CPSU and SDA and the FAAA were able to keep members attached to the FAAA so that when they did come back to flying they had continuity of membership. They paid less than if they had joined the other unions To suggest differently is again simply false.

8) Teri dismantled the unified FAAA - The entire elected official group both long haul and short haul made the decision to revoke the rules that Michael Mijatov had written and obviously Peter was a part of, these rules would have handed over all of the money that the International Division held to short haul , and no one on the elected teams believed that was fair. No membership funds were wasted as the new unified rules were in fact written in house by Teri and our legal staff. The new unified rules were agreed to by the Federal Council and are fair and have worked to building trust and positive results - Again Peter why the fake news where are your facts and plans rather than personal attacks .

9) the kitchen was renovated as part of a building renovation that was necessary to accomodate the additional offices for the Industrial Officers we employed to take care of Members interests - Peter has stated that it was Italian Marble , however it was composite stone - and less than $ 3,500 and was the best wearing in a high traffic environment. This renovation was approved by the Executive of the FAAA

10) Better work conditions ? What about EBA 10 - Peter can you explain - Reduced slip Payments ? Unlimited Part time for QCCA ? Introduction of 75% part time ? Additional Hourly Pay ? Boundary extensions for SYD MEL bases , The ability to ALT pax from any state and even using Jetstar, And so much more !!! How is Peter forgetting the very things that have benefitted him and all QCCA crew - sorry but these are the FACTS !!

WE have built a strong union , we give members EP study guides , we provide APPs to help you in your work life, we answer your questions and give 24/7 support ....

and finally Peter did you vote for EBA 11 along with the 85% of cabin crew that made the choice because they knew it was that or the Modern Award .