Passages

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Additional 129 American Airlines pilots retire

Posted Friday, Sep. 30, 2011 By Andrea Ahles aahles@star-telegram.com For the second month in a row, more than 100 pilots have retired from American Airlines, which could cause problems for the fall schedule. The Allied Pilots Association said 129 pilots will retire effective today. Last month, 111 pilots, many of whom flew Boeing 777s on…

Ref: B737 B-check – DFW

Kenneth M. Durst Vice President Line Maintenance Maintenance and Engineering September 30, 2011 To: Line Maintenance Employees Ref: B737 B-check – DFW One of the most difficult challenges we face in Line Maintenance is the constant shifting of resources to meet non-scheduled maintenance, such as our MELs. We have examined ways to meet this challenge…

Short Notice Welcome Home-1/23 Marine Det,Tulsa,OK 1 Oct 11

The  Marine Corps League has invited the Patriot Guard Riders to Welcome Home the 1/23 Marine Det from their tour of duty ! Let’s all roll out and support the Marine Corps League in welcoming these Hero’s home!! We will do flag line at the airport and may escort to New NOSC in Broken Arrow. Date: Saturday October 1st, 2011 STAGING:…

Contractually Speaking

Let’s welcome all the new TWU members aboard. It has been along time coming for American to start replacing all the members lost through attrition for the last 8 years. For the new members, it is the responsibility of American Airlines to provide each employee with a pocket-size copy of the TWU/AA Agreement under Article…

NEW TWU BENEFITS and American Airlines Open Enrollment

There are several new insurance benefits that will be offered through the TWU. There will also be an open enrollment for some TWU benefits that are already in place. First, there are five (5) brand new insurance policies that have some form of guaranteed issue, which are: Lincoln Term Life, Lincoln Accident Insurances, Aflac Critical…

OSHA CASE UPDATE

These cases have been reviewed by OSHA, and given to the Labor attorney for review and negotiation. The cases are quite detailed, so all the particulars are not listed here, only the highlighted results. Detailed specifics of all case reports are available in the TWU 514 safety office and are available for review. • Complaint…