This Week in Brief

NAI The US Department of Transportation is putting on hold its application for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP). In a statement, the DOT said it would require additional time to study the various points of order brought up by several labor unions that had opposed the carrier’s application including: the Air Line Pilots Association…

Congress is about to vote on an FAA bill that will put airline jobs at risk

  This legislation would extend FAA funding until September of next year. It includes poorly written security measures that could cause current airline employees to lose their jobs without making air transportation any safer. Lawmakers have added a number of security provisions to the bill in response to recent terrorist attacks overseas. Those attacks focused…

Road to Hope – Car Truck and Bike Show, July 9, 2016

Get your motors running and head down the highway to Haikey Creek Park for the chance to win some new wheels and help out Tulsans in need. The fourth annual Road to Hope Car, Truck and Bike Show, hosted by American Airlines, will benefit the Tulsa Area United Way.  Cost to enter the show is…

Association Negotiations Update, June 30, 2016

Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 27th in Dallas Texas Your Negotiating Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Field Trips/Travel Pay – M&R & MLS – After some contentious exchanges between the parties, we have reached a tentative agreement with improvements for…

Seniority Integration Update, June 29, 2016

MEMORANDUM To: All American Mechanic and Related, Stores, and Fleet Service Employees Represented by the TWU/IAM Associations From: Joshua M. Javits, Neutral Date: June 27, 2016 Subject: Seniority Integration Process I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself to all of you. I am Joshua M. Javits, a full-time professional mediator and arbitrator. I…

From the Presidents Desk

I have just returned home from a week of negotiations in DC, and on to DFW next week. This past week we did sit down with the full seniority integration team and had dialog pertaining to both the IAM and the TWU positions, Read the letter detailing the process they will be trying to use to resolve…