The TWU scope clause (Article I) has changed in the newly ratified September 12, 2012 M&R agreement. While the TWU negotiating committee pushed for maintaining the previous language that kept approximately 90% of maintenance spend in-house (includes TAESL as insourced work), the bankruptcy (BK) process made that an impossibility. Every airline that has gone through…
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TWU President Announces New Merger Transition Agreement
TULSA –Ground workers employed at American Airlines, represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, will receive an across the board 4.3 percent raise — if American Airlines and US Airways merge. The increase in pay represents significant new money to TWU members. The wage increase and other items related to transition issues in the event…
Summary of January 23, 2013 Bankruptcy Court Hearing Regarding Retiree Benefits Issues
The bankruptcy court heard argument at a hearing held on January 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m., to consider American Airline’s (“AA”) motion (the “Motion”) for summary judgment for a declaration that AA has the unilateral right to modify or terminate “retiree benefits” for all its retirees because the benefits were not legally “vested.” It should…
Court Update Jan 23, 2013
This morning the bankruptcy court approved four motions filed by American Airlines to assume, as modified, four prepetition aircraft purchase agreements with Airbus, Boeing, GE and Rolls Royce. These agreements, as modified, include agreements to fix the amount of claims to be allowed in favor of the four aircraft vendors as well as releases in…
Aircraft maintenance: Level the playing field
SOURCE: Tulsa World By JAMES C. LITTLE The Tulsa-based American Airlines mechanics and related work groups can outperform anyone else in the country when it comes to speed and quality. Even after all the heartache and sacrifice caused by the American Airlines’ bankruptcy, more maintenance work is done in-house in Tulsa than is performed at…
AMR Bankruptcy December 10, 2012 Update
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 retirees)…
Employee Prefunding Contributions FAQs
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Message from AA regarding Retiree Medical refunds
American Airlines: We are working to send the refunds of employee retiree medical prefunding contributions early, and are hopeful to have the checks to employees in December. We anticipate being able to share the mailing date next week, after all of our reviews are complete. One step employees can take immediately is to make sure…
APA: We’ve got a commitment for a new independent AMR board of directors (Dallas Morning News)
By tmaxon tmaxon@dallasnews.com 10:21 am on November 29, 2012 | Permalink We’ve now obtained the letter from the Ad Hoc Group of AMR Corporation Creditors to Allied Pilots Association president Keith Wilson, as well as the APA interpretation of that letter. We’ll present the unsigned message from the APA that introduces the letter from Gerard Uzzi,…
All OSM’s and Cleaners should be getting rescind letters form AA TODAY.. November 29, 2012
Title I: The RIF has not hit any OSM’s and Cleaners. AA will be sending out rescind letters to all the OSM and Cleaners. Check with your Supervisors. Sam Cirri President TWU514