President:
The TWU/IAM Negotiation committee is putting together a schedule to do station visit meetings to discuss the economic extensions and to answer questions from the floor. The plan in Tulsa is to have the meetings on the base Thursday October the 3rd for day and afternoon shift and Friday October 4th for midnight shift.
Please review the latest Association letter here and make sure your email and mailing address is correct.
In the upcoming days please watch for a video to be released by the committee with more information regarding the economic extension as well as the separate open issues we worked to resolve during the past weeks.
This week I traveled to Dallas for the IEC TWU International meeting. At this meeting the Executive board and I were honored to receive a plaque in recognition of TWU Local 514’s 75th anniversary. Although the anniversary occurred in 2021 the International Officers are trying to catch up with recognizing Locals after the reduced travel restrictions that were in place during COVID.
Rollie Reaves, Curtis Tate, Andre Sutton, Jerome Lafragola, Mike Mayes, Don McCormick, George Albano, Joe Brown, Dale Danker, Jay Potter Daron Morgan, Gene Chapin, Tracy Hardin, BJ Rackers and Terry Buck.
This Thursday morning we started the roadshows to discuss the economic extensions at DWH. We will do 3 meetings there then fly to Charlotte to do 3 Friday, Chicago meetings Monday, DFW mid week then back to Tulsa for Thursday/Friday meetings. If you reach out to me I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Thank you,
Dale Danker
918-636-6089
Vice President:
Membership Meetings Monday, September 30th
- 7:15 am
- 11:45 am
- 3:45 pm
Economic Extension Discussion
- Town Hall in Hangar 3 upstairs
- Thursday, October 3rd
- 1:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
- Friday, October 4th
- 5:30 am
- Thursday, October 3rd
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
Grievances
- 51 open grievances
Training
- Please check your Training. Supervisors are doing Coach & Discussions.
Entertainment and Welfare
- Next event is Trunk & Treat October 19th at the Hall
- Adult party at the Hard Rock Casino is November 2nd. Go to our website to sign up.
- Save the date. June 21st will be Family Day.
Contract Extension
- If you have any questions, please contact me via email, text or call.
Bids & Transfers
- Postings this weekend. 1,2 &3, 5 & 6, CMS.
Headcount
- 513 MLS on Base
B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org
Executive Board Members at Large:
George Albano:
Continue working grievances daily. I attended an International meeting in DFW for the 75 year anniversary honoring Local 514.
I’m working on a spreadsheet that will show the costs for accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, for Acrisure , NGP & AA Added benefits.
I will be on vacation next week. Returning Monday October 7th.
George Albano
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org
Gene Chapin:
- Continue working in grievance office and walking the base daily.
- Continue working on grievances
- Had meeting with management on Monday settled two for payment.
- Had Grievance meeting with Ed,Josh, Marla and Joe on old grievances.
- Blood Drive this month went great. We met our goal every day several first time donors. Thanks for your support.
- Inspector Steven Christopher will be retiring Monday September 30 out of hangers 5&6. On behalf of local 514 we wish you well.
Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org
Tracy Hardin:
Registered Voter Information
You can visit the Oklahoma State Election Board. – OK Voter Portal and check the status of your registration.
Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org
Don McCormick:
Grievances – 282 open
This number is for the Grievances assigned to myself with 90% being in Hgr 5/6. This number has been changing due to the movement of grievances from one officer to another to get more aligned with the areas they represent.
- August – Resolved 56 With 38 paid and 18 W/D
- September – Resolved 16 with 12 paid and 4 W/D
Breakdown of the grievances –
- Qty Category Art
- 34 Line Pay 16
- 102 Known Outage 18
- 13 OT bypass 18
- 45 FT bypass 19
- 19 Discipline/Term. 32
- 7 Qualification 8
- 3 Limited Duty 26
- 4 Duty Time 18
- 1 Car Damage 35
- 52 Shift Swap OT 15
- 2 Skill premium 16
- 282 Total 16 I have written and are assigned to other officers in their respective areas.
HGR 5/6
Safety issues Landing gear pins –
1. 2 members were injured from a 737 Landing Gear Stand pin coming out of its slot. Please take the time and look over every piece of equipment and stands you are working with to make sure it is in proper working order. Any issues immediately notify your CC and tag the piece of equipment with an out of service Red Tag.
2. If you’re interested in joining the Safety team for Hgr 5/6, reach out to myself or Brian Drenthe.
Welfare and Entertainment Committee w/FLOC
- Adult Party Nov 2nd, Hardrock Casino
- Registration is Now open. Click here to register or go to TWU514.org
- 288 Members have registered for a total attendance of 544
- Registration is Now open. Click here to register or go to TWU514.org
- Operation Bikes for Kids, Dec 11th Delivery Donations will commence Next week with buckets being distributed throughout the base.
- Trunk or Treat with FLOC, October 19th preparation for the event the next few weeks. Event will be at the TWU514 Union Hall from 5-8PM
Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org
Daron Morgan:
Covered the Grievance Office on Monday
Tuesday we had our Monthly Executive Board Meeting
Wednesday we traveled to Dallas for a reception at the IEC meeting. They honored TWU Local 514 for 75 years of service. As always, It’s an honor representing all of the members of Local 514
Membership Meetings will be on Monday September 30th, at their regularly scheduled times. Hope to see you all there!
Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org
Jay Potter:
Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, September 26, 2024
In-house Base Maintenance – Four (4) Stations
- 29 Aircraft
- 9 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
- A319 – 2
- A321 – 3
- DWH – Dallas, TX
- A321 – 2
- B737NG – 2
- B777 – 1
- B787 – 1
- PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
- A319 – 1 ( C11)
- A321 – 2 (2 – C11)
- TLE – Tulsa, OK
- B737NG – 11 (5 – MBV04, 1 – MBV08)
- B777 – 4
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
Outsourced Base Maintenance – Six (5) Stations
- 31 aircraft.
- 27 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
- A319 – 1 (1 – 3S)
- A320 – 1 ( 1 – 3S)
- A321 – 1 (1 – 2S)
- INT -_NSA North State Aviation, Winston/Salem, NC – 1 Aircraft
- A321 – 1 (1 – C11)
- SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 15 Aircraft
- A319 – 5 (3 – 4S, 2 – 3S)
- A320 – 2 (2 -4S)
- A321 – 6 ( 3 – 4S, 3 – 2S)
- B777 – 2 (1 – MBV09, 1 – MBV06)
- STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 5 Aircraft
- B737NG – 1
- B787 – 4 (2-CC03, 1 – CC02)
- VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 7 Aircraft
- B737MX – 4 (2 – MBV02, 1 – MBV01)
- B737NG – 3 (2 – MBV05)
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
- Livery aircraft do not count toward the outsourced man-hours (stations include: AMA, GUS, and ROW).
- If you have questions regarding Contractual Scope Language, you can reach me at (918) 845-8059 or jpotter@twumail.org. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Tulsa Aviation Maintenance Group (AMG) Headcount
| September 26, 2024 | January 23, 2020 | VARIANCE | |||||
| TCC | 68 | TCC | 79 | TCC | -11 | ||
| CC AMT | 262 | CC AMT | 245 | CC AMT | 17 | ||
| AMT | 2294 | AMT | 2681 | AMT | -387 | ||
| OSM | 428 | OSM | 425 | OSM | 3 | ||
| INSP | 248 | INSP | 263 | INSP | -15 | ||
| CC CL | 15 | CC CL | 16 | CC CL | -1 | ||
| CL | 164 | CL | 130 | CL | 34 | ||
| TOTAL | 3479 | TOTAL | 3839 | TOTAL | -360 | ||
Hiring
- For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.
Contract Extension
- Dale and I joined Rollie Reaves (Local 567), Gary Schiable & Russ Dittmer (Local 591, and Ken Coley(IAM) at DWH to begin answering questions on the floor. We will be continuing to schedule additional stations.
Regards,
Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org
Passages
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
The Passing of Retired Brother David Finkle
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of David Edward Finkle (Owasso, Oklahoma), who passed away on September 17, 2024, at the age of 67, leaving to mourn family and friends. David started working with us here at American Airlines in 1985 and had retired from the position of Aviation Maintenance Technician …