Early this morning AA leadership announced the movement of the DFW 777 B-Check to MIA, beginning in late September. AA has notified us that a significant number of transfers will be moved into MIA, that offering will begin to take place in the next two weeks. A recent change was made to the electronic transfer…
Month: July 2014
GSW Vice Chairman Eligible Candidates
Candidates Bill Jackson John Estes Approved for Posting: Shawn Allan, Chairman Local 514 Election Committee Letter in PDF: GSW Vice Chairman Election- Eligible Candidates
Correspondence on the prefunding contributions and the 1114 process
Reply from Paul D. Jones Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines To David Virella , TWU-ATD AA System Coordinator This will respond to your letter dated June 24, 2014, to Steve Johnson and me regarding the employer-matching portion of the prefunding contributions that were made to the TWU VEBA. The employee-paid portion of the VEBA contributions were returned to active employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements the TWU reached with American Airlines in September 2012, and, by the terms of those agreements, the employer prefunding contribution is to be distributed to active employees only “upon successful resolution of the…
No more 15 day waiting period for Transfers, Title I, II, III and V
July 22, 2014 Dear David, Per our conversation, effective August 1, 2014, the 15 day waiting period before a transfer becomes active for Title I, II, Ill and V employees, will no longer be applicable. On the effective date, when an employee requests a transfer in the online tool, the transfer will become effective immediately.…
TTD Supports FAA Effort to Raise the Bar on Outsourced Aircraft Maintenance
Washington DC – The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) submitted comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today urging the swift implementation of a statute requiring foreign-based aircraft repair facilities working on U.S. aircraft to be held to the same alcohol and drug testing standards as those based in the United States. “The time is…
Express Scripts: Compound Management Top 25 Exclusion List
The top 25 ingredients included in the Express Scripts Compound Management exclusion list represent the majority of the compounds and nearly 85% are utilized for topical pain or a base (e.g. cream). Compounds are not FDA approved. See List HERE.. Compound Management Exclusion List
U S AIRWAYS MECHANIC AND RELATED TENTATIVE AGREEMENT RATIFIED
Ratification voting was conducted yesterday throughout the system. The tentative agreement has been ratified by a majority of the voting membership. The negotiated pay raises become effective Monday July 21, 2014. Once again we thank you for your support and patience during this process. Fraternally yours, Tom Higginbotham PRESIDENT & DIRECTING GENERAL CHAIR Here is…
New 737 Heavy Check HOC 1&2 and Transfer Suspension letters from AA
New 737 Heavy Check HOC 1&2 From: Mark Easton Managing Director ,AO&M Recent changes to the MD80 fleet plan have eliminated the need to restart the second heavy check line in August. The workload demand on the 757 fleet in HOC 5&6 will decrease due to the completion of LC/MC on dock 5C. While these…
US Airways Tentative Agreement Mechanic and Related Dated 6-27-2014
Enclosed in this package, as outlined in the District 142 By-Laws, Article XIII, Section 1, are all changes, plainly marked, for the memberships review. All other terms and conditions contained in the April 3, 2008 LUS (Legacy US Airways) Mechanic and Related Collective Bargaining Agreement will continue to apply as written unless specified within this…
Blood Drive for July 2014
TULE Base July 10, 8am-2pm July 11, 8am-2pm July 14, 8pm-2am July 15, 8pm-2am July 16, 2pm-8pm July 17, 8am-2pm July 18, 8am-2pm Blood Drive June July – PDF