Of course AA would have filed anyway, but it's far from certain that AA would have taken back pay improvements had the AA mechanics ratified the 2010 TA.
Didn't two other TWU groups ratify their TAs in 2010 and not see their pay rates reduced (17% bankruptcy cut was taken from work rules/benefits and not pay rates)?
I understand that the 2010 TA conditioned its small payraises on concessions that you and others found unacceptable, but the fact is you would have had two years of higher pay at the time the bankruptcy concessions. Many of your union brothers pointed that out over and over again once AA filed in 11/2011. You guys are at the bottom now partly because you all rejected AA's attempts to raise your pay slightly in 2010. We'll never know where you'd be right now had you ratified the 2010 TA, but given the experience of the two other TWU workgroups, you might be enjoying slightly better pay had you not voted down that TA.