Vice President:
Terry and I have been in Charlotte, NC this week preparing for benefits enrollment. We will have eight enrollment counselors available starting Monday, Oct 17, 2022 in Hangar 3 HOC. If you do not wish to sit with a counselor, make sure to go into Jetnet and confirm your selections.
DAT selection is available October, 15, 2022. I urge everyone to go into workbrain to ensure you have the correct DAT days selected. Also, start thinking about your block vacation requests. This year will be electronic. You will be assigned a time to go in and select your time off. It will be live, so you will know what is available and can better plan your next year’s time off. I recommend getting a calendar and marking out your days off to determine which week(s) you will need to select.
Chairman of Maintenance:
Safety has been conducting safety meetings and Fire Drills around the base this week.
WORK AROUND THE BASE
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- Hangar 3 tail dock update
- Parts shipped yesterday to arrive next week. Once on hand, there’s some welding and machining to do on one of the wheels based on part size. Will take around 3 1/2 weeks before it’s back together.
- Hangar 1-2 pickle fork work will start October 17th (Boeing will assist with the first 2)
- 787 leading edge damage will be repaired by hangar 6 mechanics. There will be 2 Boeing reps to oversee the repair
Continuing Work
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- 787 Upper Fuse Dock Access
- 737 Check in 6B
- Entry Stands
- PPE Review Board
- PPE Kios
I will be on vacation the 3rd week of October but i will be available by phone if anyone needs me
Joe Brown 918-284-9666
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
MLS CONTRACT BOOKS
I have 230 contract books that didn’t get damaged from the flood. We are ordering more. I will be handing those out this week and next. Contract books will be given out by seniority. If you don’t receive one by next Friday you will get yours when the next order comes in.
Also, if you need to reach me, call or text. If I don’t answer, send me a text. I might be in a meeting but be able to reply by text.
B.J. Rackers 918-346-8918
Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:
FMG is looking for volunteers in every shop for Union Representatives, safety auditors, chemical coordinators and hopefully a volunteer in every shop that knows TMA well, if you are interested in any of these positions please talk to your crew chief and get involved, all of these positions will help our cause.
My goal as your Chairman is to build back our organization by raising our headcount and these filled positions will help us do just that.
Our current budgeted headcount is 308, the total number of heads we have on base currently is 304.
As always feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Jim Holt (918) 378-2079
Executive Board Members at Large:
AAERO
The engine department has been on a pretty steady pace for quite some time. With the industry leading turn time of 51-53 days, it would be easy to just set back and coast. In order to stay in front you have to continue to improve your product. The leadership has indicated that is what they want to do. They want to upgrade and improve the equipment. Provide opportunities for more training where it is needed and continue to listen to the mechanics about new or better processes. As a mechanic, use this culture to make your workplace more enjoyable and show your craftsmanship.
Labor Council Thank You
I have been talking about the State Fair information booth for about a month and how TWU514 needed volunteers. I am proud to say that a few of our members heard my plea and stepped up.
I would like to thank 514 members George Albano, Jennifer Brown and daughter, David Cooper, Robert Short, and retiree Mike “Bear” Messick for giving up a few hours for the benefit of all of us.
Hangars 5 and 6 – Management Correspondence
Please share with your crews HOC 5&6 has received recognition from V.P. Greg Emerson and M.D. Ed Sangricco. They both have recognized our organization for its exceptional performance. Mr. Emerson stated on our weekly metrics call yesterday, that HOC 5&6 was the shining star of the maintenance organizations to include all vendors. Hats off to you and your crews for the great work that continues to flow from hangars 5&6. Ed Sangricco also took a moment to praise the HOC 5&6 team on the 0830 operational call this morning.
The 737 fleet is the most vulnerable to running out of time and could mean parking the aircraft until a maintenance check is completed. When we continually put aircraft in service early or on-time, we create contingency in the long range maintenance plan. HOC 5&6 has been crucial in creating this flexibility which allows us to help the airline by picking up checks on the 737 fleet. Being flexible is a huge help to the airline and our senior leaders recognize the HOC 5&6 organization for it. Ultimately keeping our fleets out flying is keeping passengers happy. Good job to all and keep up the great work.
John Hillman
Production Manager
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- Grievances, Continue to work on reducing the grievances around the base. Please update your information on the TWU514.org website so if we need any more information we can get a hold of each member.
- Field Trips, Per Diem is Automatically calculated into them and you only need to submit if the expense is abnormal and not part of the hourly per diem calculation.
- VACATION SELECTION is coming and going to be done online as a live pick. Please get with your spouses to come up with what weeks will work best for you. We are being told that the window will be between 5 and 10 minutes for each individual to pick on the shift they are working.
- SHIFT BETTERMENT Gary Olivier, James Gardenhire and Myself have contacted numerous individuals and have informed the company of the 10 AMTs and 2 Avionics of their choices.
- EXECUTIVE REPS Please congratulate Gary Olivier and James Gardenhire on their roles for the TWU514 Membership and HGR 5/6 Representatives.
We have 26 aircraft at vendors and 22 aircraft at bases today. This includes Drop Ins and Checks. Oct.14.2022
TWU Express, Fall 2022 | VOL. 74 | NO.3
Local 514 Swear In: Marla Johnson Elected First Female VP in Local’s History, Pg. 6 – First Ever Joint Presidents Council Meeting, Pg. 8 – The Best Maintenance & Related Contract in the Airline Industry, Pg.10 and more in this issue of the TWU Express,
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- Deterring Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing
- American Approval of Unions Highest in Nearly 60 Years
- And More!
