President:
Every week, I have conversations with International Rep. Rollie Reaves to discuss open issues that he is trying to help resolve for Tulsa and the system. He called me this Thursday to inform me that he and American Airlines attorney Johnathan Oliff met to strike for an Arbitrator for the “Dodgeball case.”The Dodgeball case involves a situation where the company requires more than one crew chief to pick and choose who is on their crew for any particular day. Although we do not have a specific date yet for the case, Rollie stated it likely could be in August of 2025 due to the fact there were previous cases slated before he was put in this role. Rollie informed me that the company was willing to sit down and discuss the case to explore a resolution. I will be out on the floor in the coming months to visit with crew chiefs and crews in all classifications to hear your ideas and opinions on the impact of how the company is pushing us with their interpretation of the contractual language.
Also, the retirement counselor, Mark Loeber’s contract was reviewed by the Executive Board, and a unanimous decision was made to terminate the contract. That contract was written 24 years ago to help make decisions concerning your American Airlines pension plan selections. That plan is frozen, and if you did not hire in At American before October 31, 2011, you are not vested in the plan and would not need his services. Please call the Local at 918-437-4300 if you have questions concerning Retirement or visit the Fidelity website on Jetnet.
Call me anytime, 24/7, if you have any questions. 918-636-6089
Take care
Vice President:
Christmas and New Year’s Day
- The window to select how you would like to take the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays is now available.
Membership Meeting is Monday, December 16th
- 7:15 am
- 11:45 am
- 3:45 pm
Recording Secretary:
As we close out 2024, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please stay safe and enjoy the Holidays with Family and Friends.
Recording Secretary
Chairman of Maintenance:
Weekly report
- Grievance
- Shift betterment
- Grievance meetings with management
- Comms Meetings with Management
- Safety issues
- Vacation bids
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.
Work Experience Review (WER)
- If you have any questions about this, please let me know
FAST TRACK
If you have been working in aviation for a while and want to get your Airframe and PowerPoint license. Fasttrack is a good option.
For enrollment, you must meet the following requirements
You must have 18 months of practical experience with either power plants or airframes or 30 months of practical experience working on both at the same time. As an alternative to this experience requirement, you can graduate from an FAA-Approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School.
- A&P Fastrack FAA Exams Test Prep
- A&P Fastrack is located at 5602 N. Rockwell Avenue in Bethany, Oklahoma.
- Our doors open at 8:30 am Monday – Friday.
- Our email address is exams@apfastrack.com
- The typical time frame to complete the Airframe and Powerplant Written exams and Oral and Practical is 3 Weeks.
Vacation
- if you have vacation selection issues, please email the Tulsa admin
Joe Brown
(918) 284-9666
JBrown@twumail.org
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
Holidays
- Don’t forget to make your selection for Christmas and New Years
Headcount
- Tulsa budget 482 MLS, 504 MLS on Base, 21 on LOA
We will be having an Article 9 I 3 surplus and an Article 14.2 Realignment in January for bid areas affected only. (Receiving, Issuing, CRC, 5 & 6, Shipping, CMS)
Bid areas with surplus Issuing +3, Receiving +3, CRC +1
Bid areas needing headcount 5 & 6 -3, Shipping -2, CMS -2
Realignment rebid will be February 10th
MLS being involuntarily moved will get to be part of the rebid.
Bid & Transfers
- Crew Chief opening in Cam 025S
- MLS opening in T10 032S
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me.
B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org
Executive Board Members at Large:
George Albano:
Attended two terminations this month.
I met with Michael Stearns for a grievance review meeting and escalated several grievances to Beene / Stearns for an FT. I am awaiting a decision on when the pay letter will be issued. I’ll follow up with Hollihan next week.
I attended a benefits annual enrollment recap meeting. The TWU had over 98% participation. AA was very pleased with the attendance at the Tulsa roadshows.
Performed several shift improvements.
Dale, Marla, Jay & I met with Fidelity to discuss their role going forward.
George Albano
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org
Gene Chapin:
- Continue working in the grievance office and walking the base daily.
- Continue gathering information on old grievances.
- 32j’s on attendance at Admin.
- December Blood Drive results.
- Goal-273
- Donors-228
- Productive units 215
- First time Donors-14.
- For the year 2024, we had 78 new members as first-time blood donors.
- Inspector Kenny McGill, Hangars 5&6, is retiring on December 31.
Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org
Tracy Hardin:
This is a very busy time of the year, but don’t forget:
- If you have met your deductible for the year, get those last minute appointments in.
- If you have an FSA account, spend it down before you lose too much to roll over
- Check your 401K contribution limits and catch-ups.
- Celebrate but not too hard
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org
Don McCormick:
Grievances – 251 open
October – Resolved 27 with 12 paid and 15 W/D
November – Resolved 22 with 6 paid and 16 W/D
December – Resolved 14 with 2 paid and 12 W/D
YTD- 489 Resolved – This is a rolling number of the last 12 months
HGR 5/6
- We are at a standstill in resolving some issues with the Current Re-Bid sheets for 257 (CC Slots) and 263 (AMT Slots). I have advised the Union Leadership, and we are evaluating our next course of action.
- Vacation selections should be concluded. We will verify that they had the right amount of weeks allocated for the bid units. Any corrections there would be a rebid on vacation. Last Sunday, Dale Danker and I were able to get Admin to adjust the Midnight AMT for 263 from 1 to 2 slots.
- Boeing Team will be arriving next week to work on the Overheated Fuselage 777 in 6B
- Performed approximately 20 interviews for Gen CC, AVI CC, TCC, and planners over the last 2 weeks.
Welfare and Entertainment.
- Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Tickets are available in the grievance office and the Union Hall.
Community Service
· Operation Bikes for Kids – TWU514 is a proud sponsor for the last 3 years. We want to thank the volunteers who helped with donations, assembling the bikes and delivering them. We delivered 135 bikes this week to bring our 3-year total to 372. This organization distributes bikes throughout the Tulsa Area Communities by supplying the bikes to Charitable organizations, including the following:
- Marines Toys for Tots
- Salvation Army
- Owasso Community Resources
- Family and Children Services
- And numerous other local charities.
Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org
Daron Morgan:
- Continue covering the grievance office daily
- Continue working new and old grievances
- I currently have 179 open grievances. My numbers are still high, but they are coming down. I was able to resolve 3 OT bypasses this week on Non Grievance Pay letters
- Please make sure your contact information is updated with the Local
- My next meeting with CRO Leadership with will be Tuesday, December 17th
- Participated in assembling and delivering bicycles for the 2024 Bikes for Kids Event. Thanks to all who participated and donated. It was a huge success
- The next Tulsa Oilers Hockey Games will be on Dec 20th, 21st, and 22nd. We have tickets available at the Union Hall and at the Grievance Office
- The Number to the Grievance Office is 539-283-6500
Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org
Jay Potter:
Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, December 12, 2024
In-house Base Maintenance – Four (4) Stations
- 25 Aircraft
- 10 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
- A319 – 1
- A320 – 1
- A321 – 3
- DWH – Dallas, TX
- A321 – 2 (2 – EIS)
- B737NG – 1
- B777 – 2
- PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
- A319 – 1
- A321 – 1 (1 – C11)
- TLE – Tulsa, OK
- B737MX – 1
- B737NG – 10 (4 – MVB04, 3 – MBV08)
- B777 – 2
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
Outsourced Base Maintenance – Six (6) Stations
- 30 Aircraft.
- 24 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 1 Aircraft
- A319 – 1 (1 – 3S)
- INT -_NSA North State Aviation, Winston/Salem, NC – 1 Aircraft
- A321 – 1
- SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 15 Aircraft
- A319 – 4 (4 – 4S)
- A319XF -1 (1-4S)
- A320 – 2 (2 -4S)
- A321 – 6 ( 3 – 2S, 3 – 4S)
- B777 – 2 (2 – MBV09)
- STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 6 Aircraft
- A321 – 2 (1 – OASIS)
- B737NG – 1
- B777 – 1 (1 – MBV03)
- B787 – 2 (1 – CC02, 1 – CC03)
- TLE – Tulsa, OK – 1 Aircraft
- B777 – 1 (Fuselage Repair – Boeing Team)
- VQQ Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 6 Aircraft
- B737MX – 1
- B737NG – 5 (2 – MBV03, 2 – MBV05, 1 – MBV08)
- BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 1 Aircraft
- 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
| Dec 12, 2024 | January 23, 2020 | VARIANCE | |||||
| TCC | 70 | TCC | 79 | TCC | -9 | ||
| CC AMT | 269 | CC AMT | 245 | CC AMT | 24 | ||
| AMT | 2378 | AMT | 2681 | AMT | -303 | ||
| OSM | 469 | OSM | 425 | OSM | 44 | ||
| INSP | 250 | INSP | 263 | INSP | -13 | ||
| CC CL | 16 | CC CL | 16 | CC CL | 0 | ||
| CL | 168 | CL | 130 | CL | 38 | ||
| TOTAL | 3620 | TOTAL | 3839 | TOTAL | -219 | ||
Tulsa Hiring
- For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.
- The company hired 19 OSMs, 11 Cleaners, and 6 MLS on December 09, 2024
Regards,
Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org
Passages
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
The Passing of Brother Paul A. Martin
It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the passing of Brother Paul Martin. Paul started working here with us at American Airlines in 1991 as a Maintenance Mechanic Facilities, and he was an Electrician in Base Utilities, Shop 2911. Please keep the Martin Family in your thoughts and prayers. Graveside Service Monday December 16th, 2024 …