Captain Robin Darroch is Vice President (Membership).and has served as the AFAP's Regional Express Council Chair since its inception more than a decade ago (and before that served on the AFAP's Victorian Branch since 2009).
He has overseen several Enterprise Agreement negotiations at Regional Express (Rex) and supported fellow pilots through the Rex Group's Voluntary Administration in July 2024.
Working with colleagues on the AFAP Executive and with the Australian Electoral Commission, in 2023 Robin successfully proposed a Working Paper to the AFAP Annual Convention to overhaul the AFAP rules governing elections of Council Representatives and office holders, to ensure more democratic representation of AFAP members.
Robin's aviation career has included work as a flight instructor in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; flying Piper Chieftains in Port Hedland, WA; and as a Saab 340 Training Captain with Rex, where he has worked since 2007.