TO: TWU-IAM Association Membership RE: PHX and TUL Engine Work Update On Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, American Airlines notified The Association of their intention to send some engine work being performed in PHX and TUL out to a vendor due to the tariffs being implemented by the current administration in Washington, DC. The Company assured…
Vice President: The May Membership Meeting has been rescheduled to May 12, 2025 Nominations for Officer positions will be conducted as part of the agenda at this meeting. Grievance Report We currently have a total of 1235 open grievances. 857 of those are overtime bypass with the majority being Crew Chief known outage grievances. We…
*Monday, May 12, 2025 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall11929 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74116 Agenda Regular Order of Business Nominations for Officer positions will be conducted as part of the agenda at these Membership Meetings. *Note – Due to Election Nominations, May 29th Membership Meetings has been rescheduled toMay…
President: This week I attended the Grievance Review Board at AA HDQ. I’m proud of the Eboard and Union stewards for getting a larger volume of grievances ready to go to the meeting. However, one thing is glaringly clear that I need to share with everyone. If you feel like you are bypassed for…
Monday, April 28, 2025Time: Place: Agenda
President: Tuesday Jay Potter, Don McCormick and I started interviewing Crew Chiefs to gather information about the Presidential Grievance I filed for Tulsa concerning the crew chief and crew bid process. We will continue that process over the next months until we have reached everyone. Also on Tuesday the Eboard met with Ed Sangricco to…
President: This week, I attended MRO Americas in Atlanta to help kick off TWU International’s involvement in our base and line mechanics competitions. A big round of applause to our teams. I want to share a conversation I had with a crew chief that was alarming to me. We were talking about how the crew…
President: This week, while at the NMB training in Chicago, I, several IAM leaders, Rollie Reaves and Gary Schiable, had lengthy discussions centered around crew chief known outage issues. We worked on a flow chart that the company uses to determine if and when to replace an absent crew chief. In Tulsa, we have had…
Vice President: We have a new hat or visor you can pick up at the Union Hall from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The next Union Steward meeting is April 14th. The next Membership meeting is April 28th. The May Membership meeting is being moved to May 12th. It…
President: In my career at American Airlines, there have been many ups and downs, not only in the economy, which at times impacted how the airline operated at the base, but also in the style of management and how they treat you. I know the Crew Chiefs have tried in every way possible to convince…