Foreign Aircraft Maintenance

More than 900 aircraft maintenance and repair stations have been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) outside of the United States. The number of these facilities has grown by more than 30% in the past four years. These foreign repair stations are located all around the globe including China (78 facilities), Singapore (54), Brazil…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 21, 2023

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President: This week I traveled to Phoenix to meet with Local 567, 591 and the IAM.  We discussed several contractual issues along with open seniority protests. The dodgeball/pick’em Presidential grievance I wrote on Tulsa’s behalf is still at the top of the list to be heard. I look forward to this case going in front…

Membership Meetings for July 27th, 2023

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE CHANGING TO THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023 Times: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74116 Agenda Regular Order of Business   July 2023 Membership Posting in PDF

Local 514’s Digest for the week of Jul 14, 2023

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President: It was enjoyable meeting and speaking with several Democrat and Republican members of Congress this week.   Marcus Molinaro R(NY dist. 19) And Rick Larsen D(WA dist. 2) Molinaro and Larsen are the lead Bi-Partisan Representatives on the FAA reauthorization bill. This bill works to level up the FAA inspection rules on foreign MRO repair…