The Australian Federation of Air Pilots has given notice to Qantas Group that its members working for Network Aviation and QantasLink in Western Australia have voted to stop work on Thursday for 24 hours.
"We apologise for the disruptions this action will cause to the travelling public in WA, along with FIFO mining staff and other workers reliant on Network and QantasLink flights scheduled," Senior Industrial Officer Chris Aikens said on Monday.
The pilot group has been negotiating an enterprise agreement with Qantas to replace their previous pay deal, which expired in 2020.
"The AFAP has been genuinely negotiating and trying to reach an agreement with Qantas management but the company remains unwilling to revisit its inflexible wages policy," Mr Aikens said.
Network Aviation pilots walked off the job over pay negotiations for 24 hours in early October causing more than 40 flights to and from regional towns and mine sites to be cancelled.
Network Aviation, which is wholly owned by Qantas, is WA's premier charter company for the mining industry.
It also employs local pilots for the carrier's regional arm QantasLink.
More than 90 per cent of its 211 pilots are members of the pilots federation.
The airline also flies private charters and emergency freight to and from WA, and operates hundreds of flights per week.
Qantas has been contacted for comment.
