Category: TWU

AMT Technical Crew Chiefs performing work outside their scope

To: TWU-IAM Association Members in the M&R JCBA Re: AMT Technical Crew Chiefs performing work outside their scope The Association has been made aware that our AMT Technical Crew Chiefs are being assigned tasks that fall outside their agreed-upon scope of work. This is a direct violation of our current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Below…

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Local 514’s Digest for the week of June 6th, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: Brothers and Sisters, This week, I traveled to Headquarters for a Scope/Outsourcing meeting and to support our Local 514 MCT members at American Airlines Operations Center by delivering their AMT Day gifts. While there, I reached out to COO David Seymour for a coffee. When we met about a month ago, he asked me…

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Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 16th, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: This week, I attended meetings in Calgary with Gary Schaible, Rollie Reaves, several TWU reps, and other airline workers worldwide to discuss mental health issues amongst our work groups. In our current state, we have EAP counselors both Union and Company for our folks to reach out to. Still, it was clear to me…

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Assessing FAA Reauthorization One Year Later

Major Safety Wins, But More Must Be Done Foreign aircraft repair facilities are now subject to drug and alcohol testing and flight dispatchers are no longer allowed to work remotely but there’s still plenty of work needed from the Federal Aviation Administration to fully implement last year’s FAA Reauthorization law.   Friday, May 16 marks…

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