SOURCE: gnom.es national news service But alas, after further reading, I returned to my normal state of cynicism when learning of new deca-million dollar bonuses paid to corporate managers. Perched high on bench in his lower Manhattan courtroom, U.S. Bankruptcy judge Sean Lane sang the praises of the proposed AMR Corp. (parent of American Airlines) and U.S. Airways…
Category: American Airlines
Employees who were over-reimbursed for UHC claims: duplicate prescription drug payment
This letter that will be mailed to the approx. 7,000 employees who were over-reimbursed for UHC claims is attached. The letter may mail as early as tomorrow. Of the 7,000 employees impacted, 2,619 are TWU members. In no case has any employee been over-reimbursed by any amount greater than the total elected in the FSA,…
TWU Strength!
Over 400 Members of the Tulsa Based TWU Local 514 Mobilized To Show Solidarity in Confronting American Airlines Management Directly after the Powerful Solidarity Rally, Sam Cirri President of TWU Local 514 met with Mark Easton of American Airlines. As a result, the company resolved the issue and agreed members of TWU 514 will now…
AA Bankruptcy Court Update March 27, 2013
By motion filed with the Court on February 22, 2013, the Debtors sought approval of AMR’s execution of and entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) among AMR ,the so-called AMR Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), and US Airways Group, Inc. (“US Airways”), dated February 13, 2013. The Debtors submit that…
Membership Questions, 3-25-2013
Member Retirements Recently, the TWU Local 514 Executive Board has been made aware, that several “Early Out” retirements were not reported to the Local. As most of you know, when a Local 514 member retires, they receive a Bible, wrist or pocket watch, and retirement information from our Retirees Committee. The Company did not provide…
AA Bankruptcy – Court Update Mar 19, 2013
As you may recall, on July 6, 2012. AMR filed a complaint asking the bankruptcy court to declare that none of AMR’s current retirees (both union or non-union) have a vested right to retiree medical benefits. AMR asserts that under ERISA, the health and welfare benefits the debtors provide to current retirees (including TWU…
Testimony on Bankruptcy Reform
TWU Int’l President James C. Little spoke on Thursday, March 14, at the Field Hearing of the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 addressing the airline companies’ use of bankruptcy laws to undermine their contractual obligations to the workers and urgency for reform. President Little testified, alongside other labor unions, that labor…
AA/AE Bankruptcy Court Update Mar 12, 2013
As we previously posted, AMR filed a motion for approval to enter into a 12-year capacity purchase agreement with Republic Airline Inc. (“Republic”). Capacity purchase agreements between major carriers and regional partners are one approach airlines use to provide regional feed services. Under such arrangements, the major carrier generally purchases the entire capacity of…
Health Spending Accounts information
http://my.aa.com/en/medical-hsa If you have the Standard plan, AA seeded the HRA account with $375.00 emp. and $375.00 eligible spouse. You can also earn the Healthmatters rewards and get up to $250.00 emp. $250.00 spouse that will be deposited into the applicable health savings account that goes with the plan you are enrolled in. Please check…
Have Community Care HMO and a Medical Flex Spending account?
To set up auto reimbursement you must go to jetnet then to benefits page and then to Payflex link, and then follow the directions listed below. Auto reimbursement does not work with HMOs as they do not feed to PayFLex. You can follow these directions to change the reimbursement method with PayFlex. You can do…