Vice President:
The automated shift bid has started. Over 400 members still have not selected their preference. If you need assistance, the administration center has people available Monday through Friday this week from 0400 to 1800 and next week, Monday 8/18 through Thursday 8/21 from 0400 to 1930. If you do not make a selection, you could be placed on a shift that you do not prefer.
The Working Women’s Committee Meeting is on Thursday, August 21st, at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm.
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
Headcount:
- 490 MLS on Base with 17 on LOA
Holiday:
- Please make your Labor Day selection.
September Bid:
- September bid starts 9/8
- If you need help, please reach out.
Grievances:
- 7 open grievances
- 18 resolved this month.
Welfare and Entertainment:
- Save the date. Adult Party will be on November 22nd at The Hard Rock Casino.
Retirement:
- If you plan on retiring, please let me know so I can prepare a packet.
B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org
Executive Board Members at Large:
George Albano:
- Attended the midnight and day shift town hall meetings.
- On Tuesday, I attended the monthly benefits meeting via Zoom. We discussed the Annual Enrollment dates.
- Attended the Welfare and Entertainment meeting on Wednesday. Topics discussed included Trunk or Treat and the Adult Party.
- My upcoming grievance meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 20th. This week, I continued preparing several grievances for the August GRB.
Long Term Care Insurance – ( NOT LTD )
Several members have received letters regarding their Long Term Care Insurance. This insurance stopped being offered to employees in 2012. Below is the Company’s response:
MetLife has decided to discontinue payroll deductions and will be moving members to quarterly billing, as stated in the attached communication. This was a decision from MetLife to not only streamline their billing processes, but also allow those who still carry the benefit to have a direct relationship with MetLife, especially as covered team members begin accessing their LTC benefits.
EAP
Please be aware of alcohol consumption the night before work. Company policy prohibits an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or higher. An employee whose confirmation alcohol test result is 0.02 or higher will immediately be held out of service.
George
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org
Gene Chapin:
- Continue covering the midnight shift on base at 5:00 am.
- Continue covering the grievance office and walking the base daily.
- Attended several 32j’s on attendance.
- Attended midnight and dayshift town hall meetings.
- Attended the entertainment committee meeting. Agenda: Trunk or Treat and Adult Party.
- Continue working on grievances.
- I attended Avionics Mechanic Tim Lang’s retirement party on Thursday. We wish him well.
- As always, let an Officer or union rep know of any retirements.
Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org
Linda Dill:
HGR5 is posted on the break room doors for Nominations for TWU514 Shop Stewards. I will pick up the nomination lists on Monday, August 18th, 2025. Please think about becoming a shop steward in HGR5, if it is your work area. Your consideration to do this important position is much appreciated. Any questions regarding this position please contact me.
The TWU Working Women’s Committee continues to take up donations for Emerson Elementary. There are flyers around the base and on our TWU website about their needs. Please take some time this weekend and buy some of those school supplies to bring into the union hall and/or contact Betty.Palmer@aa.com or Lisa.Prince@aa.com for pick up.
TWU Badges: If you are the FIRST in line at the time clocks and waiting to clock out remember this; If your ID badge gets close to the timeclock it can register early you used your ID badge and then when you do clock out with your fingerprint at your appointed time, it will show that you clocked out earlier when your badge first registered. Be sure to keep your badge secure and away from close proximity until time to clock out.
Check your clock times and work calendar every day in Work Brain to avoid any unforeseen issues with pay and time scheduled. If you work Double/Doubles or Swaps-this is an area to check daily when working. Make sure you look at the calendar to see what your start time is if you are unsure. MyTime is what you should check a few times a month to make sure your point levels are correct.
Please contact the Union if you are planning to retire or know of a Retirement Party that is planned. We want to make sure our TWU members receive their retirement gift and the information needed.
Linda
(918) 954-4709
Tracy Hardin:
AERO:
The FAA audit is heavy on the minds of all of us, but don’t forget to take care of other housekeeping items. The shift bid window is open, and if you need help or run into issues, you can stop by the Admin building. They should be available 8/11 – 8/15 from 04:00 to 18:00 and 8/18 – 8/21 from 04:00 to 19:30.
BENEFITS:
There is an under utilized program that is available to AA team members. StayWell RX is a custom AA program that provides discounted prices for diabetes, asthma, and high blood medications to team members.
During our monthly benefits meeting with the team at headquarters, we discussed plans for fall enrollment. The road shows will be coming back so that you can ask questions that pertain to you. Take the time to become familiar with your benefits.
VETERANS:
We are starting to plan for the Veterans Day Parade and we are looking for more participants. So if yourself or a friend would like to join us on Veterans day to show support for our veterans, bring you motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, cars, trucks, tanks, and even your skate boards. We need your body and your spirit!
The next veterans committee will be on Wednesday, August 20th, at 1 pm in the grievance office.
NEOK Labor Council:
Remember, Labor Day is coming up in a few weeks, so come down to Henryette and celebrate with labor unions from all over the state. There will be events all weekend with the big parade on Monday, Labor Day.
It’s Better In A Union!
Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org
Don McCormick:
GRIEVANCES – Resolved 209 YTD
- July – Resolved 25 with 9 paid and 1 disciplinary action reduced and 15 W/D
- August – Resolved 18 with 17 Paid 1 W/D
55 Active Grievances
168 Grievances awaiting arbitration for CC Known Outage, Qualifications, and Shift Swap ? to 4/10
John Hollihan is working with me on clearing up the backlog of grievances.
We will be meeting again on August 26th to resolve the next batch.
Article 18 Par W 5b – Late Call proffer under 12 hours
If the proffer of full shift or ECI overtime is less than twelve (12) hours in advance of the start of the overtime shift, such a proffer shall be made by phone or by positive contact if the employee is on shift working at the time of the overtime Proffer.
- Staff Admin may call you. If you answer, then you can accept or deny
- If no answer, they will send an email to the supervisor to tap you on the shoulder.
- The OT proffer will be halted until the Supervisors find the people on shift.
- Supervisors will now go directly to the Crew Chiefs and then go find you, if they find you the offer will be presented. If they don’t find you “in your work area” they will continue to look and then take appropriate actions as to why you weren’t in your work area.
- This could lead to an APS entry or a level.
- If you are not in your work area, there will be no grievance filed or paid unless there is a viable reason! (Management is starting to crack down on this practice)
September Shift Bids – If you are having issues or just want clarification, get with a Union Steward or E-Board member to help walk you through the process.
- Live Bid takes Priority – Pick the open slot in your 5-minute window.
- Scheduled bid picks next – if you want S/S Days, then you need to select all the S/S days, 22 of them in bid unit 257 and 263. Or do the easy thing and select one in the global pick
- Global Picks – easiest selection to get the shift and day off pattern you want.
Welfare and Entertainment
- Tulsa Drillers Baseball – Next homestand Aug 12-17th.
- Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Starts October 24th
- Tickets available at the Union Hall M-F 7 am-11 am and 12 pm-4 pm
- Trunk or Treat will be on October 18th at the Union Hall
- TWU Local 514 Adult Party will be on November 22 at the Hard Rock Casino
Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org
Daron Morgan:
- Continue Covering the Grievance Office Daily
- Continue working on grievances
- The next TWU Union Negotiated Holiday will be Labor Day on Monday, September 1, 2025
- I attended the Shop Stewards meetings on Monday Aug 11, 2025
- Tuesday Aug 12, 2025, I met with the CRO Leadership Team. I settled four grievances in that meeting, and they are pending payment. When that happens, I will close out the grievances and update my numbers
- Tuesday Afternoon, Tracy, George, and I attended the Monthly Benefits meeting Via Zoom
- I have a Grievance Meeting scheduled for Wednesday Aug 20, 2025 with the HGR 1,2,3 Leadership Team as I start transitioning into my new coverage area. One of the biggest questions yesterday from the townhalls that we took away was, “Why did the company take away all of the calibrated tooling away from Avionics in Hgr’s 1, 2, and 3? We are looking into it.
- I will say Thank you for everyone’s hard work. Due to that, the company is bringing in additional work, and there is more work out there.
Thursday, I attended all three town hall meetings. Some of the highlights were:
- Safety
- 147 injuries so far this year, down from 305 at the same time last year
- The big drivers were strikes against objects and situational awareness
- We’ve had 11 AC damaged this year vs. 11 total last year. The company did mention some of the issues, but failed to mention a lot of other issues.
- Staff Admin
- The last 3 days, they have only seen 30-40 people to help with their bids
- Bids open up on August 18th
- They are available Mon-Fri from 0400-1800
- Block VC open weeks are transitioning to the Electronic Bulletin Boards (EBB)
- HOC training for the Hangars is now in Staff Admin
- Soon, all base training will be transitioning to staff admin
- OSHA Surveillance training will be transitioning there as well
- Dock plan
- Ed showed slides of the Dock plans
- YTD we have produced 174 AC
- We have supported 171 Total Field Trips (32,682) manhours
Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org
Jay Potter:
Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, Aug 15, 2025
In-house Base Maintenance – Four (4) Stations
- 25 Aircraft
- 12 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
- A319 – 1
- A321 – 3 (1 – C11, 2 – DMG)
- DWH – Dallas, TX
- A319 – 1
- B737MX – 1
- B737NG – 2
- B787 – 1
- PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
- A319 – 1 – (1 – C11)
- A321 – 2 (1 – C11, 1 – 2S)
- TLE – Tulsa, OK
- B737MX – 1 (1 – DMG)
- B737NG – 11 (3 – MBV04, 5 – MBV08, 2 – DMG)
- B787 – 1 (1 – DMG)
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
Outsourced Base Maintenance – Three (3) Stations
- 24 Aircraft.
- 24 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS)
- HKG_HAECO_Hong Kong – 1
- B777 – 1 (1 – MBV04)
- SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 18 Aircraft
- A319 – 9 (1 – 2S, 8 – 4S)
- A320 – 1 (1 – 4S)
- A321 – 7 (2 – 2S, 5 – 4S)
- B777 – 1 (1 – MBV09)
- VQQ_Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 5 Aircraft
- A321 – 2 (2 – 1S)
- B737NG – 3 (3 – MBV05)
- HKG_HAECO_Hong Kong – 1
- 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
| August 15, 2025 | January 23, 2020 | VAR | |||||
| TCC | 70 | TCC | 79 | TCC | -9 | ||
| CC AMT | 275 | CC AMT | 245 | CC AMT | 30 | ||
| AMT | 2394 | AMT | 2681 | AMT | -287 | ||
| OSM | 473 | OSM | 425 | OSM | 48 | ||
| INSP | 247 | INSP | 263 | INSP | -16 | ||
| CC CL | 17 | CC CL | 16 | CC CL | 1 | ||
| CL | 131 | CL | 130 | CL | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 3608 | TOTAL | 3839 | TOTAL | -232 | ||
Hiring
- For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.
Retirement Committee – Jay Potter, George Albano & Jason Best
- Local 514 website, twu514.org, visit for 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 : 77
- New Hires YTD : 95
Electronic Bidding Hub for September
- Bidding Hub now open. If you need assistance, feel free to call me at (918) 845-8059
- Staff Admin has a Help Desk available from 4:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tulsa Town Hall Notes from Aug 14, 2025
- Safety
- Injuries are down in 2025 – 147 YTD
- Aircraft Damage – All of Tech Ops-65, Base Mx-15, Tulsa-11 YTD
- Let’s take time to work safely and prevent any further aircraft damage in Tulsa.
- Bulletin Boards will contain
- Shift Improvements – post every Wednesday
- Bidding Hub
- Duty Time Notice
- Holiday Letter Notice
- Weekly Vacation Bids (coming)
- FaxMx
- Shutting down access to Hgr 6 Boiler Room between Hgr 5 & 6
- Plating Shop Redesign starting – project estimated to be complete by 2028
- Painting is still ongoing
- Various underground work is ongoing – stay alert and work safely
- AAERO
- Automated Clean Line coming to AAERO
- AAERO Leads the Industry with CFM turn times – under 50 days
- Bringing B777-300, GE90 QEC engine work to Tulsa
- Eng MD says they are robbing CFM-7B engines from some check aircraft to save on leased engines.
- AO
- First MBV10 scheduled to come in November
- B787 scheduled to come in to Tulsa
- First B787 CC04 heavy check scheduled to come into Tulsa in March of 2026
- FYI – Odd number checks – interiors don’t come out / Even number checks – interior is offloaded to shops
Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org
On Its 90th Anniversary, AFL-CIO Sounds the Alarm on Threats to Social Security
“Social Security was born out of a promise: that no one who works their entire life should have to spend their later years in poverty. Working people fought and won this earned benefit and the right to retire with dignity. But on its 90th anniversary, that right is under threat like it hasn’t been in decades….
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The Passing of Retired Brother Keith Olin Blanton
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Brother Keith Blanton, a dedicated and loyal member of our union family, on August 6, 2025. Brother Blanton’s remarkable career at American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma spanned over three decades, beginning in 1988. Throughout his tenure, he demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication as …