Local 514’s Digest for the week of June 14, 2024

President:

This week I was on several phone calls and in meetings with the company to discuss future work in Tulsa.  Please keep producing the quality and efficient work you are doing. Your success brings more opportunities to our base. Thank you.

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918-636-6089
Dale Danker

Vice President:

The 4th of July is three weeks away. Be sure to go to Jetnet and pick an option for how you would like to be coded. 

Summertime is here! Planes are flying full. Please be patient when traveling non-rev. If you have family and friends using your passes let them know they represent you. 

We currently have a total of 1384 grievances. 

Marla Johnson

Recording Secretary:

  • On Monday attended all June’s Union Rep meetings.
  • On Tuesday thru Thursday assisted with Benefits Coordinator  Meeting, attended by TWU Members from around the system. Thanks to Tracy Hardin and George Albano for doing a great job hosting the meeting.
  • Working with Katie (our Staff assistance) on May’s Membership and Executive Board minutes , several motions on committees budgets were presented that will require a vote by membership in the June 24th membership meeting. 
  • If you haven’t checked  your emergency contacts with American Airlines , please do so! 

Terry Buck

Chairman of Maintenance:

 Weekly grievances meetings and comms meetings with directors

  • George and I worked  on shift improvement for hangars 1-2 and 3  mechanics and cc
  • Shift improvement for aircraft cleaners 
  • 32 j meetings 
  • New hire meetings and safety walks.

Safety

  • Injuries  are up this month on the base. 
  • 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

Future Leaders Organizing Committee 

  • The FLOC Committee would like to welcome the new workers to AA and invite you to our next committee meeting; if you are interested, please contact me.

Smoke off

   Thank you to all that participated in the smoke-off and congrats to everyone that placed. 

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

Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

  • We currently have 504 MLS on base with 14 on LOA.
  • Pete Rosa met with Crew Chiefs this week also, met with the supervisors. Hopefully some of the problems will get resolved now.  
  • I had a meeting with Allen Patton (Labor) to go over grievances.  I have a meeting set up next with John Holiday to go over Shop grievances. I will be going over grievances for the hangars and warehouse next time AK is in town.
  • Please make your selection for the Holiday (July 4th).
  • I had a meeting with TEO supervision to go over Realignment (Article 14.2). Once the rebid is done we will have the ratio adjusted for all shifts with Admin. This will help with DAT/COMP days. 
  • Training in Learning Hub due end of the month.
  • No MLS job postings this weekend for Tulsa Base.   

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

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

A lot of construction is still in process across the Tulsa base be aware of your surroundings and Be on the lookout for contractors being safe as well, if you see something say something if you would like me to address any issues please feel free to contact me

As always feel free to contact me at any time.

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

Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

On Wednesday of this week 514 hosted a benefits meeting.  We had locals form Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Boston, New York & St.Louis.   Representatives from AA, Lincoln, National Enrollment Partners & National Group Protection were present.

Topics of discussion included STD, LTD, Whole & Term life Insurance, Workmans Comp/Limited Duty, 401k & EAP.

I will be working on shift improvement for 225 starting next week.

Please update your emergency contact information on Jetnet.

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

Gene Chapin:

  • Working grievance office and walking the floor daily 
  • Grievance meeting with management.
  • Worked on shift betterment 
  • Attended AA Smoke Off
  • Meeting with Greg Emerson at base.

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

Tracy Hardin:

We are all aware that the Association is gearing up for contract negotiations in the near future. To help you become an informed member, try a few of these tactics.

  • Engage in conversations with your union representatives either shop steward or e-board member.
  • Seek guidance on questions you don’t have the answer to.
  • Ask questions so they don’t become rumors.
  • Attend as many meetings as you can to gain the correct information.

The Northeast Oklahoma Labor Council has been working hard with fellow labor unions in this part of the state during this primary election season. There are many primary races that have no opponents from one side or the other, so those positions have been decided by affirmation. The races that have multiple opponents the council has conducted meetings and endorsed Labor friendly candidates. If you can support, please do.

  • Brandon Wade HD 2
  • Michelle McMaccane HD 72
  • Ron Stewart HD 73
  • Rosie Lynch HD 16
  • Marie Barnes County Commissioner District  2

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

Daron Morgan:

  • Continue working the Grievance Office Daily
  • Working new and old grievances
  • It’s been quite a week to say the least.  It was great seeing and visiting with everyone out at the Smoke-off on Thursday.  This event is made possible by everyone’s hard work across the base.  Keep up the great work.
  • I will be on Block VC next week, but I will have my phone on, and my laptop with me, so if you need to reach out to me, feel free to do so. 

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Jay Potter:

 Base Outsourcing Report, June 14, 2024

Four (4) In-house Base Maintenance Stations 

  • 21 Aircraft 
  • 12 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
    • CTO – Charlotte, NC
      • A319 – 2
      • A321 – 2
    • DWH – Dallas, TX
      • A320 – 1
      • A321 – 1
      • B737MX – 1
      • B737NG – 1
      • B787 – 1
    • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
      • A319 – 1
      • A321 – 1
    • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
      • B737NG – 10

Five (5) Outsourced Base Maintenance Stations

  • 22 aircraft.
  • 20 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
    • BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
      • A319 – 2
      • A320 – 1
    • INT_NSA, North State Aviation-Winston/Salem, NC – 1 Aircraft
      • A321 – 1
    • SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 10 Aircraft
      • A319 – 6
      • A320 – 2
      • A321 – 2
    • STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 3 Aircraft
      • A321 – 1
      • B737NG – 1
      • B787 – 1
    • 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

June 14, 2024 January 23, 2020 VARIANCE
TCC68 TCC79 TCC-11
CC AMT256 CC AMT245 CC AMT11
AMT2289 AMT2681 AMT-392
OSM425 OSM425 OSM0
INSP245 INSP263 INSP-18
CC CL15 CC CL16 CC CL-1
CL189 CL130 CL59
TOTAL3487 TOTAL3839 TOTAL-352

Hiring

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

Negotiations

  • Next scheduled Negotiation is in Chicago the week of June 17-21, 2024

Have a great week,

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