Local 514’s Digest for the week of March 1st, 2024

President:

Jay Potter and I traveled to Phoenix this week to continue discussions on the upcoming contract negotiations with American Airlines. We continued our work on the MLS book. Also this week the IAM brought in the QA Auditors sub committee spokesman to give us an update on issues related to their classification. 

Association update will be available here after 3:00pm “Tulsa Time” today. 

As always I’m available 24/7 at 918-636-6089.

Dale Danker

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Vice President:

George and I presented at the GRB at headquarters this week. We will have the company’s answers in a couple of weeks. 

The grievance committee continues to work on grievances. Please be sure to have all documents to prove your claim when filing. 

The Working Women’s Committee is planning to participate in “Feed the City” on March 16th from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. If you are interested in joining and would like more information please contact me. 

Marla Johnson

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Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

• We currently have 475 MLS on base with 17 on LOA.
• 98 open grievances
• No MLS postings this weekend.

B.J. Rackers 
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org 

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Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

• Attended a 32J this week.
• Helping several members with Benefits.
• Performed a shift betterment for a CC in 225.
• EAP – Have sent several members to Kristin.
• Attended the GRB at headquarters on Tuesday with Marla.
• Met with Bryan Beene on Thursday & settled some grievances.
• Attended the Event Committee meeting on Wednesday.

George Albano
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org

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Gene Chapin:

• Continue working grievance office starting at 5:00 am
• Meeting with Avionics Crew Chiefs standard lab.
• Grievance meeting with Bryan Beene and John Hollihan 
• Blood Drive ends Tuesday 3/5/2024 Please Give.

Gene Chapin
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

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Don McCormick:

Grievances

HGR 1/2/3

• Finalizing pay letters for 41 verbal proffers in 1D Jan17-Feb2
• Working 40 grievances for CC known outages from 8/20-1/21

HGR 5/6

• Continue working Grievances daily. Meeting weekly with Mike Stearns
• We will be looking into a shift betterment one more time.  I will start this beginning March 14^th. And running it through the weekend.
• Met with Staff Admin about FT reporting issues. They will gather their information and we will reconvene sometime next week. FT reports at times aren’t adding Refusal and Accepted hours which will lead to future bypasses.
• Update- They have corrected the FT hour issues in bid 257.   Still no answer on why Workbrain isn’t computing the correct hours

BASE

• If you feel that the field trip hours are incorrect in your bid area, get with a Union Steward in the area and research it.  We can fix the issues when they come up with help from the floor noticing the issues.

• Helping Members with their Union Benefits. TWUAAUNIONBENEFITS.COM (Piedmont email)
• Attended several 32Js
• Walking Hangar floor in 5/6 daily.
• Comms meetings With Calhoun Biweekly
• All Disciplinary letters from December Crew meetings should be out of the members files.

Welfare and Entertainment

• Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Tickets available at the Union Hall M-F 7-11AM and 12- 4PM Or Grievance office 918-437-4300. 5 home games left.
• Attended Event Committee Meeting establishing ideas for Family Day June 1st at Mohawk Park and the Tulsa Zoo. Looking for Volunteers to help that day.

Don
(918) 378-5923
DMcCormick@twumail.org

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Daron Morgan:

• Continue working the grievance office
• Continue working current and pre JCBA grievances

We have had some grievances filed that were out of time limits, that we will have to withdrawn.  When filing a grievance, please be aware of the time limits and procedures as outlined in Article 33 of the JCBA

We met within the CRO Leadership on Tuesday Feb 27th.  The good news is that the Wiring Shop is going to be adding a 2nd shift and increasing their headcount by 10 or so. We were told that this increase is driven by the increase in Engine Volume from AAERO.   The Air Quality test performed in the AO Mill came back well within specs.  We also discussed 8 grievances, and were unable to reach a settlement on them, so I will be preparing them for them for the  April GRB

I’d like to give yet another shout out to our TWU Facilities Maintenance members.   We had a situation yesterday, and needed some immediate assistance from them, and they delivered as always!  They are a great asset for all of our Tulsa Members, and we need to join in the fight and keep them here.  

Be respectful to all of your coworkers!  Everyone has something going on, but everyone deals with situations differently.  Before you judge anyone, look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are perfect!

Our next Union Membership Meeting will be 0n Thursday March 28th, 2024.  Thank You to everyone that showed up for the February Meetings.   The more involvement we have, the stronger we will become.  Remember, silence is Compliance

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

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Jay Potter:

Base Outsourcing Report, Mar 01, 2024

Four (4) In-house Base Maintenance Stations 

• 24 Aircraft 
• 8 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV or C11).
  • CTO – Charlotte, NC
    • A319 – 2
    • A320 – 1
    • A321 – 1
  • DWH – Dallas, TX
    • A319 – 1
    • B737NG – 2
    • B777 – 3
    • B787 – 1
  • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
    • A319 – 1
    • A321 – 2
  • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
    • A321 – 1
    • B737NG – 6
    • B777 – 2
    • B787 – 1

Five (5) Outsourced Base Maintenance Stations

• 36 aircraft.
• 32 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, C11, or S).
  • BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
    • A319 – 1
    • A320 – 1
    • A321 – 1
  • INT_NSA, North State Aviation-Winston/Salem, NC – 3 Aircraft
    • A319 – 1
    • A321 – 1
    • B737NG – 1
  • SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 17 Aircraft
    • A319 – 12
    • A320 – 2
    • A321 – 1
    • B777 – 2
  • STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 7 Aircraft
    • A321 – 4
    • B737NG – 1
    • B777 – 1
    • B787 – 1
  • VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 6 Aircraft
    • B737NG – 6

• 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

March 01, 2024			January 23, 2020			VARIANCE
TCC	67		TCC	79		TCC	-12
CC AMT	255		CC AMT	245		CC AMT	10
AMT	2234		AMT	2681		AMT	-447
OSM	405		OSM	425		OSM	-20
INSP	235		INSP	263		INSP	-28
CC CL	15		CC CL	16		CC CL	-1
CL	143		CL	130		CL	13
TOTAL	3354		TOTAL	3839		TOTAL	-485

Hiring

• The company currently has external postings for Aviation Maintenance Technicians in Tulsa. 
• Check daily at jobs.aa.com.

Negotiations

• Your negotiation team met with the IAM in Phoenix this week.
• Next scheduled meeting is next week, Mar 04 – Mar 08 in Dallas, TX

Have a great week,

Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org

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