Local 514’s Digest for the week of April 26, 2024

Vice President:

Membership meeting is Monday, April 29th

  • 7:15 am
  • 11:45 am
  • 3:45 pm

We had 22 new hires this week, and 42 will start next week. Please make them feel welcome if they come to your area.

The company has a structure qualification in all of A/O and has implemented it at the other maintenance bases. If you want to work overtime on a structure job, have your management team put you on the qualification list. 

Grievance Report

  • We have a total of 1343 open grievances.
  • We have 4 instances of ET.AL`s for a total of 52 grievances.
  • We have 2 Discharges.
  • For a total of 1395 grievances.

Marla Johnson

Chairman of Maintenance: 

I attended multiple meetings this week with management and other groups to discuss various topics regarding safety, employee  movement, and grievances. 

Safety

  • We are still in need of ERTs for the off-shifts and weekends; if interested, please contact Brent.anderson@aa.com. 
  • Hangars 5/6 is looking for volunteers for the safety team; please get in touch with brian.drenthe@.com

Construction area detours and allowable walkways.  

  • Please follow all signs and detour signs.
  • Do not cross into restricted areas; this is for your safety.

Future Leaders Organizing Committee 

  • The FLOC Committee would like to welcome the new workers to AA and invite you to join us at our next committee meeting; if you are interested, please get in touch with me.
  • The April 24th FLOC meeting was canceled due to a scheduling conflict. I will reschedule as soon as possible.

Joe Brown
(918) 284-9666
JBrown@twumail.org

Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

  • MLS interviewed 133/150, 15 no show, 2 rescheduled.  DQ 69, 64 moved forward
  • New Hires starting Monday. Issuing- 022S (7 heads), Shipping- 031S (3 heads), 5&6-206S (3 heads), 1,2&3- 026S (2 heads)
  • MLS we are down after new hires are added. Issuing- 022S (5 down), 1,2&3- 026S (4 down), Shipping-031S (5 down), Receiving- 034S (2 down), 5&6- 206S (7 down) TEO- 034S (7down)
  • Supervisors have agreed to shift betterment.  This will happen after the new hires have been released from training. 
  • 472 MLS on base with 14 on LOA
  • Adding 2 CC’s in 031S, CDL driver for 2nd shift CRC
  • Entertainment & Welfare meeting for Family Day

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

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

This month, I attended my standing meetings, RO, safety, and Grievance, and I also attended four 32J meetings.

I had a one-on-one meeting with Mr. Sangricco in which I explained the reasons and effects of the current status of the facilities maintenance group and showed pictures of the poor workmanship from the contractors around the base and the lack of safety by the contractors we hire.

 I plan on continuing to meet with him on a regular basis.

As alway, feel free to contact me at any time.

Jim Holt
(918) 378-2079
JHolt@twumail.org

Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

  • Attended the monthly benefits meeting with Tracy on Apr 9th.- Get the word out to the younger members to get involved with 401k.
  • Attended the BBR at DWH with Joe. – Bases did very well in March , all numbers for the metrics were moving up. Next big thing is getting ready for the implementation of the digital work cards.
  • Attended EAP training at Local 513 with Marla, Terry & Tracy.  May is mental health month.
  • Continued grievance meetings with Hgrs 1, 2, & 3 management.
  • Met with the City of Tulsa for the Family event. Continued meeting with the welfare & entertainment committee.
  • Reviewing grievances for the upcoming GRB.

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

 Gene Chapin:

  • Continue working grievance office and walking the floor daily
  • Continue working on new and old grievances 
  • No meeting with management this week 
  • Helped an upgrade getting his shift pick 
  • Jay and I met with TCC in hanger 5
  • Blood Drive starts May 6 through May 14. We will be serving Hamburgers.

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

Tracy Hardin:

Volunteer Shout Out!

I want to thank Glen Hurst and his son, Jennifer Brown, for giving up their Saturday morning to help with a new housing project called  Eden Village. The project has plans to build tiny temporary houses to address the homeless situation in the Tulsa area. They both represented the TWU with dignity and respect. 

Thank You!!  

Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org

Don McCormick:

HGR 5/6     

  • Looking at issues with the upcoming bid.   Working with Dale and Marla on this now.
  • Continue to work on grievances.
  • We continue to do amazing work in producing AC with a 90% on time rate or better.

Welfare and Entertainment 

  • Family Day June 1st, 2024.  10AM-7PM  Food will be provided from 11-1 and 4-6.  We will have Face Painters, Balloon Artists, Magic Shows, and more including admission to the Tulsa Zoo.   The Event committee has been working hard to put things in place at Mohawk Park and the Tulsa Zoo.  

You must register for the event to attend.  Follow the registration link below.  

Register

Volunteers to help with the event.  2 to 3 hour sessions    Ticket check in, handout bags, trash detail, cooking, serving food, drink station restock, shuttle service, inflatable check in, etc.  Contact an E-Board member if you’re interested.

  • Tulsa Oilers Football May 4th, Saturday night..  Tickets will be available to be picked up at the Grievance office and the TWU Union Hall.
  • Tulsa Drillers Baseball have a 12 game homestand beginning April 23 – May 5th.  Tickets will be available to be picked up at the TWU Union Hall on Pine Street.

Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org

Daron Morgan:

  • Continue working the grievance office
  • Continue working new and old grievances

I Met with the CRO Leadership on Tues, April 23rd.  We discussed 18 grievances, most of the grievances were qualifications.

Our Welfare and Entertainment committee is meeting weekly.  We are finalizing the plans for the TWU Family Day on June 1st.  In order to get in, you must register you and your immediate family members on the TWU website.  Don’t miss out, this is going to be a great event. 

Register

We are still looking for volunteers to help out with this event.  Also, if you know any vendors that would like to come out, have them reach out to a committee member.

The Oilers will see the Jacksonville Sharks for the first time in franchise history on Friday, May 3rd at 7:05 pm. The first 1000 fans will get a free Oilers hat.  This is a Tulsa Oilers promotion.

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Jay Potter:

Base Outsourcing Report, Apr 26, 2024

Four (4) In-house Base Maintenance Stations 

  • 21 Aircraft 
  • 10 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
    • CTO – Charlotte, NC
      • A321 – 3
    • DWH – Dallas, TX
      • B737NG – 2
      • B787 – 1
    • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
      • A319 – 1
      • A319XF – 1
      • A321 – 1
    • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
      • A321 – 1
      • B737NG – 8
      • B777 – 2
      • B787 – 1

Five (5) Outsourced Base Maintenance Stations

  • 35 aircraft.
  • 30 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
    • BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
      • A319 – 1
      • A320 – 1
      • A321 – 1
    • INT_NSA, North State Aviation-Winston/Salem, NC – 2 Aircraft
      • A319 – 1
      • A321 – 1
    • SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 17 Aircraft
      • A319 – 10
      • A320 – 3
      • A321 – 3
      • B777 – 1
    • STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 8 Aircraft
      • A321 – 4
      • B737NG – 1
      • B777 – 1
      • B787 – 2
    • VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 5 Aircraft
      • B737NG – 5
  • 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

April 26, 2024 January 23, 2020 VARIANCE
TCC66 TCC79 TCC-13
CC AMT259 CC AMT245 CC AMT14
AMT2274 AMT2681 AMT-407
OSM408 OSM425 OSM-17
INSP239 INSP263 INSP-24
CC CL15 CC CL16 CC CL-1
CL151 CL130 CL21
TOTAL3412 TOTAL3839 TOTAL-427

Hiring

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

Negotiations.

  • Your TWU/IAM M&R Negotiating Committee will be meeting in Phoenix, AZ next week. 

Have a great week,

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

Workbrain outage on April 30 

Sent to: All Tech Ops team members

Workbrain, our enterprise time and attendance system for ground-based team members, will be unavailable for up to eight hours during a planned outage on:

  • Tuesday, April 30, beginning at 7 p.m. CT

During this outage, timeclocks will remain active, but team members will be unable to view timesheets, submit shift trades, sign up for overtime or field trips, and request DAT/COMP. Manpower will be available; however, the feed Workbrain to Manpower will be paused.

Timekeepers, Workforce Admin (WFA), and station managers will be unable to code timesheet corrections, view balances or run reports.

Before the outage

Team members should submit or accept shift trades, sign up for overtime and field trips, request DAT/COMP and inform their Timekeepers, WFA, or station managers of any known timesheet exceptions in advance of the outage.

During the outage

  • Timeclocks will remain active. All team members scheduled to work during the outage should clock in and out as usual. Clock swipes will be stored and flow into Workbrain once it’s available again.
  • Workbrain will be unavailable to view timesheets, balances, schedules, master calendars and vacation ratios during the outage.
  • Manpower will be available. However, the Workbrain feed to Manpower will be paused.
  • Qualification updates from Learning Hub will be paused. However, the Learning Hub tool will still be accessible for verification.
  • MyTime will be available. However, the MyTime feed to Workbrain will be paused.
  • All aspects of Tech Ops Personnel Portal (TOPP) will be unavailable, which includes:
    • overtime and field trip sign up lists
    • overtime and field trip charged hours reports, and
    • overtime and field trip system to complete proffers.

After the outage

After the upgrade is complete, represented domestic and U.K.-based Tech Ops team members will have access to Employee Transaction Manager (ETM) and have the ability to view timesheets, submit and accept shift trades, sign up for overtime or field trips and request DAT/COMP.  

Need assistance?

Please contact your Local Management or Workforce Admin team. 

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