Dear Lynn and Jim, After a single discussion, on November 15, 2021, American Airlines unilaterally imposed a draconian Attendance Control Policy that included published guidelines, PowerPoint presentation, and training. On the single phone call, between Association Leadership and Company Labor Representatives, multiple contract violations were raised; however, no answers or announced changes were ever provided…
Category: policy
FMLA & Pandemic Leave Documents
Main Points Beginning the Absence & Return Center will not accept supporting documents, including the Health Care Provider Certification Form and Vaccine Card, through email for all ground-based and Management and Support Staff team members. Pilots and flight attendants will continue to follow their current process. Using a camera-enabled device like an iPhone or Android,…
Special Crew Chief Self-Demotion to Close on March 30th 2018
To: All Title I Represented Employees – AMT/Cleaner RE: Special Crew Chief Self-Demotion Opportunity The AA/TWU Agreement provides for a special fifteen-day window to be established to allow an opportunity for Crew Chiefs to self-demote outside the normal filling of vacancy provisions. The jobs vacated by the self-demotion process will be awarded on a local…
FYI – AA Policies: Drug & Alcohol
Effective January 01,2018 DOT drug testing policy has changed, and January 15,2018 the company policy has changed in reference to taking prescription pain medication. If you are required to take a drug test under random program for safety sensitive areas, if you test positive you may be contacted by a Medical Review Officer (MRO), you…
Parking at Tulsa International Airport
Tulsa International Airport has notified American Airlines they will no longer accept the American Airlines $2 discount parking coupon for personal travel, effective immediately. In addition, direct bill parking vouchers used for business travel will no longer be accepted after midnight, Nov. 30, 2017. After Nov. 30, any team member who is traveling for business…
Shift Swap Guidelines Implementation – February 2017
As you may have been made aware of, the old CS policy that we lived by here in Tulsa will be going away. During negotiations, Discussions led to the implementation of a standard throughout the AA system. The new Shift Swap guidelines were created and are now beeing implemented. See the Guidelines HERE See the…
Absence and Return Center – Return to Work policy Changes Beginning August 3, 2015
Changes to the Return to work policy. A new “Return to Work” form is required to be filled out. As always you need to verify the latest documentation on Jetnet.