Tag: Outsource

i-Team Committee Update

The I-Team is currently making visits on base and off base sites to give information and answer questions regarding the following items: • Equity distribution – Explaining the current and up to date info. There has been some additional info since the June 13, 2013 meeting. • Pay rate increase of 4.3% when New American…

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Southwest Flight 345

Brothers and Sisters, The incident yesterday (July 22,2013) at LaGuardia Airport, involving Southwest Flight 345, is evidence of the lack of concern Southwest has demonstrated in regards to the safety of its passengers and our members as they continue to press forward in the name of cost savings. Thankfully, no lives were lost due to…

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757’s that are being outsourced to TIMCO

These are the 4 757’s that will be outsourced to TIMCO.  Acft       Fleet                      Subfleet  Dock                Span         Start                  Finish 5CK 757 75W OS1 38 11/1/2011 12/9/2011 5CL 757 75W OS1 38 12/10/2011 1/18/2012 5CP 757 75W OS1 36 1/19/2012 2/23/2012 5CM 757 75W OS1 36 2/24/2012 3/30/2012  

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OFFICER SPEAKS OUT

By John Hewitt Chairman Maintenance September 15, 2011 Nobody in Tulsa could have anticipated the lasting impact the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had on the airline industry and many other aspects of our world. But in the years following those events the top management at American Airlines has made uninformed, knee-jerk decisions without fully considering…

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Flying Cheap- FRONTLINE Examines….

Correspondent Miles O’Brien explores the world of contract maintenance and focuses this new FRONTLINE investigation on an ST Aerospace facility in Alabama, which now does heavy repair work for several major airlines, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and US Airways. Through interviews with company mechanics and an examination of both government and company records,…

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