AJT spent ten years trying to get rid of the IBT. They utilized every tactic they could. Negotiations were a joke. Their stooges just smirked and sat there. Not much you can do about it, even when the federal mediator came in. The only leverage pilots have is to stick together. That is it. A few years ago, when AJT was up for sale, the CEO tried an end around and went directly to the pilot group. In exchange for getting rid of the IBT, the company would agree to a small raise, with no change in work rules. One of AJT's rules was the refusal to abide by the CBA outside of the United States. We almost lost the decertification vote. That was how sorry and pathetic this group was at the time. Scabs and horrible pilots who were always stabbing their fellow pilots in the back. A year later the company signed the CBA that is in force today.

One thing I absolutely agree with the IBT is that there should be a floor to any CBA. Pay, duty limits, and benefits must all be at a certain minimum threshold. Without this "minimum", we all just push each other downward.