Local 514’s Digest for the week of June 27, 2025

President:

All,

Jay Potter and I will travel to Miami, FL, next week to meet with the Association attorneys to prepare the Presidential grievance, which I call “dodgeball”, for Mediation on July 8th. Thank you to everyone who took the time to give us input. If a settlement cannot be reached, the case will move forward to arbitration on December 8th and 9th.

As always, I can be reached 24/7 at 918-913-8057.

Take care

Dale Danker

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Vice President:

Membership meetings are on Monday, June 30th

• 7:15 am
• 11:45 am
• 3:45 pm

July 4th is approaching. You can go to Workbrain and select how you want to take it. Today is the last day to make that selection.

Marla Johnson

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Chairman of Maintenance: 

I will be on vacation until June 30th. Have a great week.

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

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Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

Headcount:

• 493 MLS on Base with 17 on LOA

Training:

• Some training is due by 6/30.

Transfers:

• MLS openings this weekend. Receiving 034S, Issuing 022S, Shipping 031S, and 5 & 6 206S.

Grievances:

• 16 open grievances
• Still waiting for GRB results.

Family Day:

• We had a big turnout. I hope everyone had a great time.  We will be putting out a survey to see what everyone liked and disliked.
• The adult party will be in November. We have already started working on it.

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

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Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

Among other things facilities is currently replacing the steam line to the test cells, this line is buried underground in a protected sleeve which makes it nearly impossible to find the leak, after searching for nearly a week our facilities tech crew chiefs have came up with a plan to go above ground with a new line and with the help of several crews including base utilities we are in the process of replacing it, thanks to all involved. 

Lights out again. Wednesday night, we had yet another S&C switch fail. This time, it was caused by a bird crossing two phases. Unfortunately, both the bird and S&C switch perished in this dramatic encounter. Thanks to our facilities’ electricians, we were able to minimize the outage.

We have three openings this week: 2 GSE and one SOE. 

• Budgeted headcount 316
• Current headcount 318
• Headcount on LOA 8
• Actual headcount 310

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

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

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Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

Grievances

  I prepared several grievances for the June GRB. One grievance was settled during a pre-GRB meeting with Labor Relations.  Due to scheduling conflicts with Admin and Management, there has been only one grievance meeting this month with Hgr’s 1, 2, & 3 management. I find this unacceptable and will continue to press management to improve. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,Jul 1, 2025

Benefits

Here are some stats from the June benefits meeting:

401(k) Higher Catch-Up Limit: 63 TWU contributing members have participated, and 10 have already reached the $11,250.00 limit.

1223 pensions have been commenced year to date, with 412 being TWU members. Fidelity is at 99%, and payments are made within 45 days of receipt of paperwork.  

There have been 1,080 deaths within the system, including 84 active employees.

 Acrisure has sent out a blast so members may update salaries prior to Open Enrollment for proper maximum disability benefits calculation.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the volunteers who helped make our Family Day event a resounding success. Their invaluable participation is what makes these events possible.

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

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Gene Chapin:

• Continue covering the midnight shift on base at 5:00 am. If needed, call or email me earlier.
• Continue working in the grievance office.
• Continue working on grievances.
• Management continues to cancel grievance meetings.
• Four inspectors are retiring at the end of July. Doug Ames, Jesse Lambert ,James Bryan, Paul Truax.
• The Red Cross Blood Drive starts next month. The starting date will be Friday, 7/11/25, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Monday and Tuesday will be 8:00 pm-2:00 am. Wednesday 1:00 pm-7 pm (Thursday NO DRIVE) Town Hall Meeting. Friday 8:00 am-2:00 pm, Monday 7/21 8:00 am-2:00 pm, Tuesday 8:00 am-2:00 pm. 

Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

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Tracy Hardin:

If you get hurt on the job, don’t wait to file a report with your supervisor. This time period is crucial to your case. The longer you wait, the more scrutiny will be given to your situation. Also, when you go to your own doctor first, there will be more questions if you get injured on the job. 

• First, have your supervisor file an injury report.
• You should be contacted by a company named Sedgwick for the next step, appointments, etc.
• Follow their recommendations
• In an Emergency Situation, seek medical attention immediately!! Call 911

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

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Don McCormick:

Grievances –   YTD- 408 Resolved – 

• This is a rolling number of the last 12 months

• 238 open for multiple areas.
• Jan – Resolved 22 with 10 paid and 12 W/D
• Feb – Resolved 44 with 41 paid and 3 W/D
• March – Resolved 22 with 20 paid and 2 W/D
• April – Resolved 12 with 9 paid and 3 W/D
• May – Resolved 12 with 6 paid and 6 W/D.  
• June – Resolved 17 with 15 paid and 2 W/D
  • (Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 2nd) 
  • (Waiting for John Hollihan to approve the 16 WFA pay letters)
• GRB Decisions – 3 being paid as soon as the company creates the pay letters.  1 termination is still awaiting a decision

Shift Betterments – The bulletin boards are up and running and management has full control of deciding on them  HGR 5/6 John Hollihan is looking into shift betterment for 263 CC, 263A CC and 2 positions for 256T and 5 positions in 257 generals.  Don’t forget to periodically check for any updates or available positions.

HGR 5/6

• Just like the conversation I had with all the AMTs in Hgr 5/6  last month and the digest postings,  Treat others like you wish to be treated.  Stay off Social media!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Investigations are still ongoing into WhatsApp postings!

Welfare and Entertainment

Tulsa Oilers Football – Saturday, June 28th

Tulsa Drillers Baseball – Tuesday, July 1st-3rd

Tickets available at the Union Hall M-F 7 am-11 am and 12 pm-4 pm

Family Day at the WE Street Center was a huge success. We had over 1500 show up for the event last Saturday.  I can’t thank the Event Committee enough for their dedication and time to help put this event together. 

Event committee members and volunteers.  If you see them on the floor, please give them recognition for all their hard work:

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

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Daron Morgan:

• Continue covering the grievance office daily
• Continue working on grievances
• Still awaiting decisions from the grievances that were submitted for the June GRB.
• My next meeting with the CRO Leadership will be on Tuesday, July 1st
• My grievance numbers have been on the rise.  I currently have 169 open grievances.  111 are part of Presidential Grievances (Known CC Outage and Quals), 25 are Pre Jcba, leaving me a total of 33, that I am working to get resolved at the local level
• Just a reminder, check the Tech Ops Bulletin Boards for Shift Betterments.  
• We hope everyone that attended, enjoyed the TWU Family Fun Day 2025.  We will be putting together a survey soon,  and welcome any feedback we can get.  
• The next Tulsa Oilers Football Game will be on Saturday, June 28th.  We have vouchers available at the Grievance Office and at the Union Hall.
• The Tulsa Drillers will be playing at home on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.  Vouchers are available at the Union Hall.

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

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Jay Potter:

Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, June 27, 2025

In-house Base Maintenance  – Four (4) Stations 

• 22 Aircraft 
• 11 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
  • CTO – Charlotte, NC
    • A319 – 1 
    • A320 – 1  
    • A321 – 3     (1 – DMG)
  • DWH – Dallas, TX
    • A321 – 1  
    • B737MX – 1   
    • B737NG – 1  
    • B787 – 2   (1 – EIS ACCEPTANCE)
  • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
    • A319 – 1   (1 – C11) 
    • A321 – 2   (2 – C11)
  • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
    • B737NG – 9   (4 – MBV04, 1 – MBV05, 2 – MBV08) 

Outsourced Base Maintenance – Two (2) Stations

• 21 Aircraft.
• 20 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS)
  • SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 17 Aircraft
    • A319 – 7    (7 – 4S)
    • A321 – 10  (10 – 4S)
  • VQQ_Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 4Aircraft
    • A321 – 2    (1 – 1S, 1 – TGC)
    • B737NG – 2   ( 1 – MBV05, 1 – MBV09)

• 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 27,  2025			January 23, 2020			VAR
TCC	71		TCC	79		TCC	-8
CC AMT	277		CC AMT	245		CC AMT	32
AMT	2395		AMT	2681		AMT	-286
OSM	474		OSM	425		OSM	49
INSP	246		INSP	263		INSP	-17
CC CL	17		CC CL	16		CC CL	1
CL	143		CL	130		CL	13
TOTAL	3623		TOTAL	3839		TOTAL	-216

Hiring 

• For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com. 

Retirement Committee – Jay Potter,  George Albano & Jason Best

• Visit the Local 514 website, twu514.org, for your Retirement Resources
  • Presentation from the Retirement Seminar is available
  • Retirement checklist available 

• Jetnet has Retirement Resources available
  • In Jetnet, click Resources at the top of the  page
  • Under Information and Help, click Team Member Services
  • Scroll down and click on Retirement
    • There you will find several links:
    • Retirement eligibility
    • How to access retirement income
    • Retirement gift selection
    • How to stay connected with American
    • Retirement benefits and privileges 
    • Travel privileges for retirees
    • Retirement Gift FAQ
    • Signing up for an electronic W-2 

• Fidelity has designated a phone number for AA employees
  • (800) 354-3412
• Fidelity offers designated Medicare Advisors to answer any questions (this is a free service)
  • Call (833) 886-0033 to schedule an appointment
  • Schedule an appointment at medicare.fidelity.com
    • This website provides an excellent resource for Medicare information 

Retirements / New Hires

• Retirements YTD : 53
• New Hires YTD : 94
• We had zero (0) members retire the week of June 16 – June 22, 2025
• We had zero (0) new hires the week of June 16 – June 22, 2025

Shift Improvement

The Tulsa Electronic Bulletin Board is now live and effective 5/26/25, and you will find the Shift Improvement Postings and Awards there. The company has informed the Union that they will be handling the shift improvements going forward.  They get posted every Wednesday.

• Currently, two (2) positions are open for bid:

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

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Passages

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

The Passing of Brother Jimmy Waggoner

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Brother Jimmy Waggoner on June 23rd, 2025. Brother Waggoner had served as an Aviation Maintenance Technician at American Airlines for over 33 years. Jimmy began his career at American Airlines in 1991 and worked diligently to ensure the safety and reliability of our …

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