Not a good choice between the two. AMFA is a skilled class and craft union. AMP falls on the same catagory. We started an AMP drive about 10 years back. It was a good thing. A very democratic union. It mirrored the pilots union in many ways. Some were reluctant to sign a card and get onboard with the idea of a newly formed union. That's how the pilots and flight attendemts started their respective unions. They took a gamble and won. We always say look at what the pilots have, look at what the flight attendant's have. We need to decide as a group what we want. Not just what title 1 wants, what overhaul wants, what the line wants and now what the IAM guys want. We all need to get involved. Not just sign a card and go back to our laptops.
These drives take months and money. It takes coordinated effort on the part of every station and every title group affected. Do we continue to sit back and let status quo continue after two years of negotiations or decide enough is enough?
I don't know if a card drive will transpire anytime soon but we have to keep the idea fresh because negotiations are going no where and guys keep complaining to deaf ears.