Unlike the agreements negotiated by AMFA or the IBT, the Bankruptcy Exit Agreement negotiated by the TWU has a snap back to industry standard half way through and a requirement that close to two thirds of aircraft maintenance remain in house. The TWU negotiated the first ASAP program for AMTs and maintains the best license protection program in the industry. The program maintained by the IBT is nothing more than a knock off of what the TWU developed. And the TWU has been far more active than any other union in responding to FAA rulemaking.
If you are looking for a group that successfully fought concessions, don’t look to AMFA, which has yielded major concessions and lost jobs at virtually every carrier where it has represented mechanic and related (Braniff, ATA, AS, Mesaba, UAL, Horizon, and NWA just to name a few). Don’t look to the IBT, which has given concessions at every property where it represents airline workers. Instead, look at, for example, TWU Local 100 which fought management and Bloomberg successfully through the years. It represents all categories of workers, including mechanics, maintenance, subway conductors, bus drivers, and ticket agents. It uses its combined political and bargaining power to stand up to a billionaire mayor and a wide array of corporate forces. That is a far better model for success and for solidarity than what is being recommended on this board, which somehow always comes down to destroying the TWU as a solution to bankruptcy and mismanagement and any other problem we deal with.