Having lived under the TWU regime, I would welcome ANY other union.....Mechanics have not fared too well under them.. SO many of us seek AMFA as an alternative to the union where we find ourselves a minority and our bests interests NOT served. Throughout my tenure at AA, mechanics were a minority when we negotiated with fleet service...then when we finally got our own locals, the TWU used Tulsa to once again make the line mechanics a minority once again.
Let's start with the fact that both YOU and I have no say whatsoever in International appointments and their outrageous salaries. Try having one of them removed.
Many of us who want AMFA want a mechanics union so they don't have to get distracted by other work groups..Let each work group fend for themsleves.
Once again the TWU has a majority of fleet service in international positions..Once again we are a minority with minority representation.
So I will take my chances with AMFA if need be. Should they one day become our bargaining agent and they fail to represent us appropriately, we can boot them as well.
So to answer your question, I will be willing to take my chance with AMFA simply because of my experience under the TWU.
And yes, those of us who want AMFA do so because the TWU has been BAD for mechanics. They started the concession bandwagon way before bankruptcy. they started in 1983 by giving mechanics' work away. They agreed to the B scale and subsequently the C scale. They have negotiated based on fear by telling the base that more and more jobs will be lost if they didn't vote on this contract, then that contract, then that one....It goes on and on....As far as the AMFA drive, they seem to be winning the war by instilling more fear into TUL by telling them if they vote for AMFA, there will be no more OH whatsoever...
TUL alone lost more than half its workforce compared to its peak....
The list goes on and on.