Conversely, interested employee groups approach the AMFA for representation. Therefore, the AMFA to date, has never allocated funding for organizational purposes, be that road shows, mass literature mailings, garments, pins etc. AMFA National feels this to be consistent with the will of the membership. All organizing activities are paid for by the employees that seek representation. Crafts or classes are employee groups defined by the National Mediation Board as the appropriate unit for election purposes due to their mutuality of interest.
Flight attendants are in the flight attendant craft or class.
Pilots are in the pilot or flight deck crewmember craft or class. Mechanics have been assigned to the craft or class of Mechanics and Related Employees, a somewhat more amorphous category. The Board has determined that, in addition to mechanics of all stripes, the craft or class of Mechanics and Related Employees includes employees who preponderantly perform fueling and aircraft-related cleaning functions. Job title is not determinative. If cleaning or fueling is what the employee does the most of the time, he is part our craft or class regardless of his job title.