President:
The Executive Board members and I started the year off meeting with Tulsa MD Ed Sangricco and other Tulsa base leadership. Each Officer addressed issues in their areas. A common problem that was brought up was how DAT and Comp requests were handled around the Holidays. There will be a review of that process and a continued attempt to make it better.
Another issue that the officers and I are trying to correct is the bidding process. The Union’s position is that if there are 100 employees in a bid area, then there should be 100 choices for you to bid and 100 choices on the posted rosters after you bid. The Company is taking the liberty to reduce the amount of people on certain shifts and days off after the bid sheets go out. Ed and I have agreed to put some of his leaders along with Jay Potter and Don McCormick in meetings to vet what is going on and work together to resolve it.
Last, I want to let new hires know that if they are on probation under the 140 calendar days and need to take a day off for this weather emergency, your probation will not be extended by the time you take off.
As always, I’m available 24/7 at 918-636-6089.
Take care,
Vice President:
Happy New Year!
Your new pay raise went into effect on January 6th, but you will not see it until the payday of January 24th. Our pay schedule is a week behind, closing on the Sunday before payday. The January 10th payroll will be for the hours you worked from December 23, 2024, through January 5, 2025. Please check on January 24th that your pay rate is correct.
Stewards Meeting is Monday, January 13th at 7:15 am, 11:45 am, and 3:45 pm.
January is the election month for stewards in 2025. If you want to be a steward and have attended three membership meetings in the last 12 months, visit TWU514.org and sign up by January 30, 2025.
New Hires
We had 31 new members join American Airlines on January 6, 2025. The company continues to hire in all areas. If you know someone who would like to apply for a position, they can go to Jobs.AA.com.
Recording Secretary:
401(k) contribution limits for 2025
The 401(k) contribution limit for 2025 is $23,500 for employee salary deferrals and $70,000 for the combined employee and employer contributions. If you’re age 50 to 59 or 64 or older, you’re eligible for an additional $7,500 in catch-up contributions. An important note: Beginning in 2025, those between ages 60 and 63 will be eligible to contribute up to $11,250 as a catch-up contribution. This means those 50 to 59 or 64 or older will be able to contribute up to $31,000 in 2025, and those 60 to 63 will be able to contribute up to $34,750 in 2025. Depending on your plan, you may be able to make post-tax contributions beyond the pretax and Roth contribution limit but less than the combined employee and employer contribution limit to invest even more for retirement. Total contributions cannot exceed your annual compensation at the company that sponsors your plan.
Chairman of Maintenance:
Weekly work
- Working grievances
- Conducting interviews
- Meetings with management
WER.
Please contact us if you’re unsure and need help with your work experience review form.
Safety
Please pay attention to where you’re walking. It’s very hazardous right now.
If you have been working in aviation for a while and want to get your airframe and PowerPoint license. Fastrack is a good option.
To enroll, you must meet the following requirements:
You must have 18 months of practical experience with either power plants or airframes or 30 months of practical experience working on both simultaneously. Alternatively, to this experience requirement, you can graduate from an FAA-Approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School.
- A&P Fastrack FAA Exams Test Prep
- A&P Fastrack is located at 5602 N. Rockwell Avenue in Bethany, Oklahoma.
- Our doors open at 8:30 am Monday – Friday.
- Our email address is exams@apfastrack.com
- The typical time frame to complete the Airframe and Powerplant Written exams and Oral and Practical is 3 Weeks.
Joe Brown
(918) 284-9666
JBrown@twumail.org
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
Holiday
- Don’t forget to sign up for Martin Luther King Day
Headcount
- 499 MLS on Base with 21 on LOA
- The Surplus in Receiving and Issuing won’t happen since people bid for job postings two weeks ago.
Bids & Transfers
- Jobs will be posted in the following shops.
- 025S CAM
- 027S CMS
- 031S Shipping
- 032S TEO
- 046S TEW
- 206S 5 & 6
Training
- Please get your training done on time to avoid Coach & Discussions with Management.
B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org
Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:
Happy new year
I know everyone knows this, but we have had several issues with contractors not doing what they have been contracted to do in all trades, with little or no repercussions for their actions recently. The contractors that are responsible for delivering the makeup air and leaving condensate in the plating shop have got the attention of everyone, including the ones that make the decisions. I’m very hopeful this situation in itself will bring to light the fact that it’s the AA employees who care and have the knowledge to not only correct the issues on the base but also should be the ones installing anything new or at least overseeing any contractors that come on our base.
As always, feel free to contact me at anytime
Jim Holt
(918) 378-2079
JHolt@twumail.org
Executive Board Members at Large:
George Albano:
Grievances
This week’s grievance meeting was canceled because I attended a meeting with Ed Sangricco and the Directors. We will resume the meeting next week.
Benefits
I’ve had a lot of inquiries this week with members updating & checking on their union benefits. I reached out to the broker & this is her response:
Just to clarify, the rates are not changing. However, the premium increases when the salary increases for LTD only.
All members who updated by 11/30/24 have seen their new premium in the 1st paycheck of 2025.
All members who updated after 11/30/24 – 2/2/25 will see the new premium in the 2/9/25 check. We will repeat this process throughout the year.
Retirement
Here’s a link to take you directly to the retirement page on Jetnet.
George Albano
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org
Gene Chapin:
- Continue working in the grievance office and walking the base daily.
- The grievance meeting with management was canceled due to having a meeting with Ed Sangricco and the E-board.
- Continue working on grievances.
- Attendance meetings daily at Admin.
- As always, if anyone is retiring, please contact an E-board officer or Union Steward so we can obtain their retirement package.
- Happy New Year, everyone. hopefully, everyone had a good year.
Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org
Tracy Hardin:
Working with AAERO to address some shop and leadership issues. Working to get a better understanding of the needs of certain operations and history.
If you are still having issues with insurance or retirement questions, please give us a call to help navigate the process.
Retirement contacts: Alex Steel with (Fidelity) 469-451-9935
Kris Jantzen with (AA Credit Union Financial Group) 918-355-7119
If you participated in the Veterans Day parade, please give me a call to discuss operations. I will be posting a veterans committee meeting time and location soon, keep a watch out.
There is another union negotiated holiday coming soon. Dr. Martin Luther King day will be January 20th.
Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org
Don McCormick:
Grievances – 251 open
- YTD- 494 Resolved – This is a rolling number of the last 12 months
- October – Resolved 27 with 12 paid and 15 W/D
- November – Resolved 22 with 6 paid and 16 W/D
- December – Resolved 14 with 2 paid and 12 W/D
- January – Resolved 12 with 7 paid and 5 W/D
HGR 5/6
- Performed 2 interviews for Gen CC for Bid Unit 263
- Performing Shift improvement in both 257/263 for Next week’s Crew Bid
Welfare and Entertainment.
- Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Tickets are available in the grievance office and the Union Hall.
Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org
Daron Morgan:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- Continue covering the Grievance Office daily and helping members update their Union Sponsored Benefits information.
- Continue working on new and old grievances.
- If you need a password reset for the TWU514.org website, contact any officer.
- Monday, January 6th starts the pay period for the pay date of January 24th, which is significant due to the fact that January 6th is the day that our contract extension raises went into effect.
- If you want to check your rate of pay, log into Jetnet, click on the Employee Central app, and you can view your profile. It should already have your new rate of pay loaded in there.
- Monday, January 13th, the one-time reset of the Field Trip Hours will take place per the contract extension
- January 13th @ 2359 hours, the Overtime Charged Hours List will reset per the contract Article 18 U. 3.
- Our next Union negotiated Holiday will be Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20th, 2025.
- If you have recently used sick time, look in your myview and make sure you did not receive double points
- Check your workbrain daily and make sure that your time is being coded correctly
- We have 2025 Calendars and pocket planners available in the Grievance Office
- We have Hockey Tickets available in the Grievance Office. The Next Hockey games are January 10th and 11th.
Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org
Jay Potter:
Happy New Year! I’m hopeful most everyone had a healthy, happy and safe Holiday Season. I’m expecting 2025 to be a good year for the Tulsa Base. We have many getting closer to retirement; the Company is replacing them as well as adding headcount for the two (2) new check aircraft coming to Tulsa Base. Tulsa headcount for the Aviation Maintenance Group is now 207 physical heads down from where it was in January of 2020.
All this added work in AO drives additional headcount in the back shops as well. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requires the Non-AO Support Shops (Components Shops) to maintain a minimum headcount that equals 20% of the total headcount in the AO and AO Support Shops. Forty percent (40%) of that twenty percent (20%) total must be AMT’s. Therefore, the company has been replacing AMT’s in many of these shops and has been upgrading and hiring OSM’s in the Non-AO Support Shops as well.
Things you need to know this January 2025:
- New CBA Extension wages become effective January 06, 2025
- Article 9 – Filling of Vacancies changes for basic classifications. Per the Settlement and Clarification Letter dated October 15, 2024 (this letter can be found on our local website at twu514.org), effective the first bid in January 2025, you will be able to utilize your basic classification seniority to bid on basic classification jobs.
- Please note, this does not affect the filling of vacancies for premium jobs.
- Article 15 – Shift Swaps. Per the Settlement and Clarification Letter dated October 15, 2024, after January 13, 2025, you will be eligible for Field Trips while signed up for a swap.
- Article 19 – Field Trips. Per the Settlement and Clarification Letter dated October 15, 2024, the Field Trip list will have a one time reset of employees field trip hours on Jan 13, 2025.
- This resetting of the FT List is for the M&R Group only. The MLS group FT list will not be zeroed.
- In addition, when you transfer from one bid area to another, thereby changing the FT list your on, you will be added to the FT list in Classification Seniority order with the highest hours plus one (1) hour. The M&R book left this language silent and will now utilize the MLS JCBA Article 19 Field Trip Procedures, Section G. language.
- Article 18.U.3 – Resetting of the OT list. “On the second Monday of January, every year, at 2359 hrs. local time, the Company shall reset the hours by Classification Seniority on the OTL to zero for equalization purposes for all bid areas.”
- This will be Jan 13, 2025 for this year.
We had four members pass away during this Holiday Season, and please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.
Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, January 09, 2025
In-house Base Maintenance – Four (4) Stations
- 21 Aircraft
- 8 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
- A321 – 3 (1-EIS)
- DWH – Dallas, TX
- B737NG – 2
- B777 – 1
- B787 – 2
- PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
- A319 – 1
- A321 – 1
- TLE – Tulsa, OK
- A321 – 1
- B737NG – 9 (4 – MBV04, 3 – MBV08)
- B777 – 1
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
Outsourced Base Maintenance – Six (6) Stations
- 34 aircraft.
- 27 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 1 Aircraft
- A319 – 1 (1 – 3S)
- INT -_NSA North State Aviation, Winston/Salem, NC – 1 Aircraft
- A321 – 1 (1 – C11)
- SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 18 Aircraft
- A319 – 5 (5 – 4S)
- A319XF – 1 (1 – 4S)
- A320 – 2 (2 -4S)
- A321 – 8 (1 – 1S, 2 – 2S, 5 – 4S)
- B777 – 2 (1 – MBV09, 1 – MBV08)
- STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 6 Aircraft
- A319 – 1
- A321 – 1 (OASIS)
- B737NG – 1
- B777 – 1 (1 – MBV03)
- B787 – 2 (1 – CC03, 1 – FUS DMG)
- TLE_Tulsa, OK – 1 Aircraft
- B777 – 1 (1-FUS DMG, Boeing Team)
- VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 7 Aircraft
- B737NG – 7 (1 – MBV03, 4 – MBV05)
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 1 Aircraft
- Livery aircraft do not count toward the outsourced man-hours (stations include: AMA, GUS, and ROW).
- If you have questions regarding Contractual Scope Language, you can reach me at (918) 845-8059 or jpotter@twumail.org. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Tulsa Aviation Maintenance Group (AMG) Headcount
| January 09, 2025 | January 23, 2020 | VARIANCE | |||||
| TCC | 73 | TCC | 79 | TCC | -6 | ||
| CC AMT | 274 | CC AMT | 245 | CC AMT | 29 | ||
| AMT | 2380 | AMT | 2681 | AMT | -301 | ||
| OSM | 473 | OSM | 425 | OSM | 48 | ||
| INSP | 248 | INSP | 263 | INSP | -15 | ||
| CC CL | 16 | CC CL | 16 | CC CL | 0 | ||
| CL | 168 | CL | 130 | CL | 38 | ||
| TOTAL | 3632 | TOTAL | 3839 | TOTAL | -207 | ||
Hiring
- For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.
- The company Hired twenty (20) AMT’s, seven (7) OSM’s, one (1) Cleaner, and three (3) FacMx Mechanics this week.
Regards,
Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org
2025 Michael J. Quill Scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund.
This scholarship will offer fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out each year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year college course.
Weather
Due to inclement weather, our Tulsa Base leaders have extended the weather approval until tomorrow, January 11, 2025. You may request to use DAT/COMP day if you are unable to report to work due to weather/safety concerns. VTO can only be utilized if you do not have any paid time available.
Inclement weather approved (Shifts/Days)
- AFTs 1/9-10,
- Mids 1/9-10,
- Days 1/10-11.
Passages
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
The Passing of Retired Brother Kenneth Yarbrough
With a heavy heart, we share with you the passing of retired Brother Kenneth Yarbrough on December 7th, 2024. Kenneth started working at American Airlines in 1958 and retired as an Aviation Maintenance Technician – Inspector in 1996. Please keep the Yarbrough family in your thoughts and prayers. Kenneth E. Yarbrough Obituary With profound sadness, we say goodbye to …
The Passing of Retired Brother John Bryan
Deeply saddened, we share the passing of retired Brother John Bryan on November 11th, 2024. John was hired in 1987 and worked as a dock cleaner, aircraft cleaner, and AMT in hangar 5, AAERO (TEO back in the day), and retired in 2015 from the miscellaneous valve shop. He was also a former Marine, working in …
The Passing of Brother Stephen Jay Hinton
We are deeply saddened to share Brother Stephen Hinton’s passing on December 26th 2024. Stephen started working with us at American Airlines in 1984 as an Aviation Maintenance Technician, and in 1995, he became an Inspector. Please keep the Hinton family in your thoughts and prayers. Stephen Jay Hinton January 28, 1958 — December 26, 2024 Stephen Jay Hinton, 66, …
The Passing of Retired Brother Kirk Elliott Gresham
With a heavy heart, we share with you the passing of retired Brother Kirk Elliott Gresham on December 18th, 2024. Kirk started working with us here at American Airlines in 1998 as a building cleaner; in 2000, he moved into Hazardous Waste, Facilities Maintenance, and in 2009, he became a Plant Maintenance Man in Facilities. Please keep …
The Passing of Brother Donald Fisher
With a heavy heart, we share Donald Fisher’s passing on December 25th, 2024. Donald started working with us here at American Airlines in 1998 as an Overhaul Support Mechanic and, in 2009, transferred to a Maintenance Mechanic Facilities. Please keep the Fisher family in your thoughts and prayers. Obituary for Donald Patrick Fisher Donald “Patrick” …
The Passing of Brother Paul Ward
It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of Brother Paul Ward on December 22, 2024. Paul started working at American Airlines in 1982, working his way from Aviation Maintenance Technician to Aviation Maintenance Technician Inspector. Please keep the Ward family in your thoughts and prayers. Paul Wesley Ward Obituary The memory of Paul Wesley …