Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 30, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: Jay Potter, Don McCormick, Joe Brown, George Albano, and I have completed 95% of the Crew Chief interviews in 5 and 6, along with several Crew members. We will now move to Hangars 1,2 and 3 in the coming weeks. Simply put, I need to know what you all want me to try to…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 23rd, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: As I continue to interview Crew Chiefs for the dodgeball grievance in Hangars 5 and 6 it is overwhelmingly clear to me that the management team in those hangars have zero regard for our contract. Management should not be telling Crew Chiefs who to move or moving them themselves. I have been in constant…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 16th, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: This week, I attended meetings in Calgary with Gary Schaible, Rollie Reaves, several TWU reps, and other airline workers worldwide to discuss mental health issues amongst our work groups. In our current state, we have EAP counselors both Union and Company for our folks to reach out to. Still, it was clear to me…

Assessing FAA Reauthorization One Year Later

Major Safety Wins, But More Must Be Done Foreign aircraft repair facilities are now subject to drug and alcohol testing and flight dispatchers are no longer allowed to work remotely but there’s still plenty of work needed from the Federal Aviation Administration to fully implement last year’s FAA Reauthorization law.   Friday, May 16 marks…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 9, 2025

TWU Local 514

  President: The company has informed the Association that some engine work being performed in Tulsa and other stations will be outsourced due to the tariffs being imposed by the Government. It is QEC-type work here in Tulsa and not heavy engine overhaul on the Trent 800 series engines used on the 777. The company…

TWU-IAM ASSOCIATION BULLETIN – PHX AND TUL ENGINE WORK UPDATE

TO: TWU-IAM Association Membership RE: PHX and TUL Engine Work Update On Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, American Airlines notified The Association of their intention to send some engine work being performed in PHX and TUL out to a vendor due to the tariffs being implemented by the current administration in Washington, DC. The Company assured…