Local 514’s Digest for the week of December 20th, 2024

President:

Today American Airlines COO David Seymour will be at the Tulsa base with other senior leaders to get a demonstration of the new Electronic task card system. I will be there as well to hear it explained and to visit with him as time permits. As Jay Potter mentions in his digest post I never pass up the opportunity to promote all of you and to always try to persuade him to give Tulsa a chance to do more work.

2024 was a very positive year for the Tulsa base employees. Several folks got to realize the opportunity to retire and ride off into the sunset as we welcomed over 500 new employees. We also overwhelmingly voted for an economic extension to all 4 contracts represented by Local 514.

2025 looks to be an amazing year as well including additional work being added with a 787, 737 and increased volumes in some of the back shops. I’m hopeful with TWU International Rep Rollie Reaves involvement we will be able to resolve some issues with the M&R and MLS contracts that have existed since March 2020.

Jan 6 you get your pay raise, please check the next paycheck after that date and make sure it is correct.

As always I’m available 24/7 at 918-636-6089.

Enjoy the Holidays

Merry Christmas

Dale Danker

Vice President:

Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Marla Johnson

Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

HEADCOUNT

502 MLS on Base, 22 on LOA, Tulsa headcount budget 482
If you work in Receiving or Issuing and would like to volunteer for the surplus let your supervisor know. We will be posting and emailing details soon.

GRIEVANCES

10 open, I should have those settled next month unless we are taking it to GRB.

BIDS & TRANSFERS

Crew Chief opening in 032S (TEO)
MLS openings in 025S CAM (1), 206S 5&6 (1), 032S TEO(1)

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

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

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

Hello all;

It has been a great year in facilities, It’s been said you eat an elephant one bite at a time, and we are doing just that; we’ve added 10 heads to our overall headcount this year, this is the first time in more than twelve years this has happened, we have also identified the specific reasons we are continually losing headcount and have been addressing these reasons as well.

We are under the same contract for another two years, that’s not particularly a good thing for facilities, however we are earning better wages to do so, and that IS a good thing.

We (your union) have plans of continuing to earn the trust of you and management to build strong relations in the upcoming year.

I wish all of you a merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.

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

Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

I will be on VC next week, but I will be taking calls and addressing problems as they arise. Dale, Jay, and I will have a follow-up meeting with Fidelity to ensure we address the membership’s concerns.

As this year comes to a close, I want to thank the membership for giving me the opportunity to serve all of you. It has been very rewarding and, at times, very stressful. I look forward to the New Year and the challenges that lie ahead of me.

If you need to make any changes to your AA 2025 benefits, please reach out to the Benefits Service Center before Dec. 31st. 888-860-6178.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!!

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

Gene Chapin:

I have been on Vacation this week but I have been and will still take phone calls.
We have several members retiring at the end of this month. On behalf of Local 514 we wish them many happy years ahead.
I would like to thank the membership for allowing me to serve you these past three years.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.??

Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

Tracy Hardin:

To everyone that is a member of TWU514, remember to take care yourself as someone may be depending on you. Enjoy the season and Happy Holidays to All!

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

Daron Morgan:

Continue Covering the Grievance office daily
Continue to work on new and old grievances
Thank you to everyone who showed up at the December Membership Meeting. It would be awesome to see that much attendance and participation at all of our meetings. That will only make us stronger.
I met with the CRO leadership on Tuesday, December 17th. It was a productive meeting.
I currently have 173 open grievances. For the week, I was able to settle 5 locally, and I Withdrew 3. My 4 big buckets of grievances consist of: 62 Known CC Outage’s, 37 Qual’s, 25 pre-JCBA, and 14 OT Bypasses
Please make sure we have your most current up-to-date contact information
It was a great year for Events for Local 514. Our next big Family Event will be in June at the WeStreet Ice Center. Follow the Local 514 Website and Bulletin Boards for more updates. It’s going to be another great event.
The next Tulsa Oilers Hockey Games will be on Dec 20, 2024, and Dec 22, 2024. We have tickets available at the Union Hall and at the Grievance Office.
The Grievance office number is 539-283-6500
In General, It has been a great year for Local 514. I look for that momentum to carry over to 2025, with 2 big days in the 1st week of the year. One being a Holiday, and the other being January 6th, and then on the 20th, we get yet another Holiday! What a way to kick off the New Year!
Happy Holidays to all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Be safe, and enjoy your time off.
Please click on the link and read the following attachment. The lobbying at the capitol is starting to pay off.

A Win for Aircraft Maintenance Workers: FAA Finalizes Drug and Alcohol Testing Rule for Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Jay Potter:

First, let me thank everyone for the honor to serve this membership. This year has been a good year for the Tulsa Base. The company added 365 jobs in Tulsa, some to replace the folks leaving and most to prepare for the two (2) additional check aircraft coming to the Tulsa Base. I hope everyone realizes how often your Local leadership promotes your professionalism as the very best in the industry; we continually do what we can to bring more work in-house overall and of course to the Tulsa Base.

In addition, it was an honor to represent everyone as part of the negotiating team. We were able to secure the two (2) year extension to our CBA, this will provide substantial pay increases for everyone without giving up anything in the agreement. In fact, we were able to achieve additional benefits for the membership with the Clarification and Settlement Letter that was signed. These benefits include going to one hundred and forty (140) calendar day Probationary and Trial periods, making members eligible for Field Trips while having signed up for a swap, being able to utilize Basic Classification Seniority when competing for any basic classification job, and agreeing to utilize mediation as a way to advance the grievance process. I believe this is unprecedented in the thirty-six (36) years I’ve been here. I think most agree, with over ninety-three percent (93%) of M&R and over eighty-nine percent (89%) of MLS voting for the extension.

I wish everyone a family filled Holiday Season, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. God bless.

Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, December 19, 2024

In-house Base Maintenance – Four (4) Stations

19 Aircraft
7 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
- CTO – Charlotte, NC
  - A321 – 3
- DWH – Dallas, TX
  - A321 – 1
  - B737NG – 1
  - B777 – 2
- PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
  - A319 – 1
  - A320 – 1 (1 – C11)
  - A321 – 1 (1 – C11)
- TLE – Tulsa, OK
  - B737NG – 8 (4 – MBV04, 3 – MBV08)
  - B777 – 1

Outsourced Base Maintenance – Five (5) Stations

30 aircraft.
25 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)
- SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 16 Aircraft
  - A319 – 4 (4 – 4S)
  - A319XF – 1 (1 – 4S)
  - A320 – 2 (2 -4S)
  - A321 – 7 ( 3 – 2S, 4 – 4S)
  - B777 – 2 (1 – MBV08, 1 – MBV09)
- STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 6 Aircraft
  - A321 – 2 (1 – OASIS)
  - B777 – 1 (1 – MBV03)
  - B787 – 3 (1-CC02, 2 – CC03)
- TLE_Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1 Aircraft
  - B777 – 1 (Fuse Repair-Boeing Team)
- VQQ_Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 6 Aircraft
  - B737MX – 1
  - B737NG – 5 (2 – MBV03, 1 – MBV05, 1 – MBV08)

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

December 19, 2024		January 23, 2020		VARIANCE
TCC	70	TCC	79	TCC	-9
CC AMT	269	CC AMT	245	CC AMT	24
AMT	2376	AMT	2681	AMT	-305
OSM	467	OSM	425	OSM	42
INSP	250	INSP	263	INSP	-13
CC CL	16	CC CL	16	CC CL	0
CL	168	CL	130	CL	38
TOTAL	3616	TOTAL	3839	TOTAL	-223

Hiring / Leaving

For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.
2024 Stats for Local 514
- New Hires – 539
- We had 174 folks drop off their respective seniority lists
  - 96 retired
  - 15 resigned
  - 43 terminated
  - 20 passed away

Retirement Committee

I was recently named the Chair of the Retirement Committee with George Albano and Jason Best serving as the Co-Chairs.
Fidelity has become the one stop shop for our retirement activity.
- They now administer the frozen Pension Plan, the 401(K) plan, the Flexible Spending Account (FSA), the Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), and the Retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangement (RHRA) all at one place
- Fidelity now has a designated phone number for American Airlines – (800) 354-3412
The committee put out two (2) retirement checklists.
- One for those hired prior to October 31, 2011, this group has a frozen pension.
- One for those hired after November 01, 2011, this group has the 401K match and contribution plan.
- Both check lists are now available on the Local 514 website, (twu514.org)

Fraternally,

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

Passages

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