News Archives

Holiday Greetings 12/21/07

AMR Eagle spin-off press release 11/29/07

AMR Eagle spin-off Q&A 11/29/07

REMINDER: Statement of Health Forms Due November 30 11/20/07

TWU Opening Statement by John Conley - ATD Director 11/08/07

Intl Staff Assignment changes 11/08/07

Letter from Local 562 President John Iuliano 10/16/07

 Letter from Dennis Burchette regarding contract extension 10/11/07

Contract Extension Talks Ended 10/04/07

American AIrlines, Union Break Off Talks 10/04/07

John Edwards for President 10/03/07

Communique for Extension Committee 9/19/07

J.Little and Arpey correspondence letters 9/19/07

Local 562 E-Board Position 9/07/07

TWU Press release for Edwards 9/07/07

Acting Air Transport Division Director 9/06/07

International Secretary Treasurer 8/31/07

ASAP TWU Newsletter 8/31/07

TWU 2008 Benefit Update 8/31/07

Letter from E-Board Member Jimmy Gorman  8/28/07

Sick Time Balance Update 8/23/07

Line Maintenance Manager Announcements 8/16/07

ATD Staff Assignments 8/13/07

Tally Title V Separate Negotiations Vote 8/07/07

Local 562 Title V Separate Negotiations Certification Results 8/06/07

Local 562 Title V vote result to International 8/06/07

 Response to JFK Management's Facts Exchange Newsletter 8/01/07

Al Blackman: Loving His Job for 65 Years 7/31/07

Joe Gordon Appointment 7/31/07

Management Restructuring 7/12/07

Separate Negotiations Title V 7/7/07

Letter from VP Peter Corabi 7/1/07

Don Videtich Appointment 6/27/07

Letter from VP Peter Corabi 6/16/07

H.R. 2206 6/04/07

Now Departing: Airline Careers 5/17/07

Local 562 Informational picketing pictures 4/24/07

House Passes Bill Allowing Shareholders to Vote on Executive Pay 4/20/07

March Benefits Committee Meeting 4/17/07

TWU Online Picket 4/17/07

  TWU Intl rebuttal to AA Job Action accusations 4/16/07

 AA Stock Option Response 4/11/07

 AA Response to March 15th Letter 4/11/07

TWU Request for option review 4/11/07

APA National Rally 4/9/07

Testimony of James C. Little  4/2/07

US - EU "Open Skies" Letter 4/2/07

Response to JFK Management's Facts Exchange newsletter 3/29/07

AMR to invest up to $100 Million in American Airlines Maintenance Services 3/29/07

Airline Labor Strongly Objects to "Open Skies" Agreement 3/10/07

February Benefits Committee meeting 3/10/07

Yingst Letter 3/01/07

Burchette Letter 3/01/07

Ed Hill Letter 3/01/07

Gordon Letter 3/01/07

Separate negotiations 2/27/07

Separate negotiations vote result 2/27/07

Crew Chief & Inspector self demotion opportunity 2/27/07

Title I Self Demotion Q & A 2/27/07

Title V Self Demotion Q & A 2/27/07

Membership Update 2/16/07

John Iuliano's presentation to Bob Reding 2/07/07

Membership Update from VP Pete Corabi  2/01/07

American Airlines Sees Maintenance Sales 2/01/07

Membership Update from John Iuliano 2/01/07

ATD News Release  1/22/07

Letter from Line Station Locals 1/18/07

PSP 1/17/07

 4TH QTR FINANCIAL RESULTS 1/17/07

American Airlines Shows Off Vision 2025 Purchases 1/09/07

Suspension of Local 562 Participation in future PLI, JLT, etc 1/05/07

You Pull, We Win . . . Big1/05/07

M & R Separate Vote 1/05/07

Sample Ballot Separate Negotiations 1/05/07

Partnership Agreement 12/19/06

New ATD Assignments 12/8/06

Bobby Gless New ASAP Rep 12/8/06

From NMB TWU loses bid at Continental Airlines 11/23/06

November Benefits Committee meeting 11/22/06

Letter from TSA to TWU 11/07/06

October Benefits Committee meeting 11/07/06

ECLAT Report -State of the Industry 10/27/06

A week in the Life at American Airlines 10/17/06

American to get airline-profit party started 10/17/06

TWU loses bid at Continental Airlines 10/13/06

Message from APA President: Things Change 10/12/06

AMFA Strike settlement agreement 10/12/06

Letter from JLT 10/12/06

TWU Signs and Logos in the workplace  10/12/06

September Benefits Committee meeting 10/12/06

ATD Insider Newsletter 10/09/06

60 Years at American Airlines: Crew chief honored 10/02/06

Aviation Maintenance-AA M&E-People, Profits, Pride 9/20/06

Story-Air Transport World-American Way 9/20/06

Countering Fatigue With Common Sense 9/20/06

 Fatigue Evaluation 9/20/06

TWU Intl Staff changes 9/11/06

American Airlines union, management set cost-savings goal 9/06/06

Benefits Committee   9/06/06

Above the Storm 9/06/06

2006 TWU Benefits Q&A 9/01/06

2006 PBEF TWU QJSA 9/01/06

2006 PBEF TWU Alt Payee 9/01/06

Collision Course 8/24/06

Benefits Presentation 8/20/06

TWU Seniority List Update Changes 8/18/06

Local 562 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Winners 8/10/06

No To Early Brake Release 8/5/06

JFK Exchange 8/5/06

Urgent Action Required! Pension Legislation Action 7/26/06

PUP Grievance closure statement 7/26/06

From Local 529's website 7/25/06

AA & APA Section 6 early opener 7/22/06

Local 562 Safety Update From E-Board Member Joe Urso 7/19/06

Partnership for Safety from VP Pete Corabi 7/19/06

 Newsletter from Local VP Pete Corabi 7/07/06

Congress still grappling with pension bill 7/04/06

Judge to let NWA reject contract 7/04/06

Bush Labor board refuses to hear us! 7/04/06

Tim Gillespie to be Intl Rep  6/13/06

29d Station Closures 6/13/06

Letter from Richard Wood of the West Coast 6/9/06

4 10 Holiday Work Policy  6/5/06

Fleet Simplification Efforts Continue  6/5/06

Pension Legislation 6/5/06

Benefits Committee  6/1/06

Call to Action Pension Alert! 6/1/06

On the Fly 6/1/06

Letter to TWU Affiliates on the PFAA Case Decision 5/25/06

AMT Day 5/25/06

Section Six Openers for Local 542 5/13/06

RIF Q & A 5/4/06

SIS Information 5/1/06

M-E Line RIF Numbers 4/28/06

ACT NOW------->Pension Legislation 4/28/06

Prefunding Corrections 4/24/06

Letter From Your President J Iuliano 4/24/06

Line Maintenance Realignment 4/24/06

Local 100 Solidarity Rally 4/19/06

Wal-Mart Unchecked 4/17/06

From Your President  J. Iuliano  4/11/06

Benefits Committee Info 4/10/06

Benefits Correction 4/10/06

Horton Press Briefing Talking Points 4/10/06

International Changes 4/06/06

Executive Compensation Decision 4/05/06

AIP Grievance Update 4/02/06

From Your Presidents J. Iuliano 3/31/06

Pension Legislation 3/28/06

Pension Protection Act HR 2830 3/27/06

Pension Security and Transparency Act 3/25/06

On The Fly Newsletter 3/23/06

WFP: Tell Your Assembly member to Reform Health Care 3/21/06

Langevin, D-R.I. – Amendment Vote Results 3/20/06

Local 562 position on "PLI" Meetings 3/17/06

Joint Texas Letter Re Pension Conference 3/17/06

Langevin amendment 3/09/06

Letter from Jim Little 3/07/06

New York State's Unclaimed Funds

IEC resolution for support of Local 100 2/18/06

TWU Airline Merger Policy 2/03/06

System Protection Decision 1/28/06

Intl. Exec. V.P. James Little will be assuming the duties of Intl President 1/27/06

Directors Update Regarding PUP 1/25/06

Press Release regarding cash bonuses for executives 1/24/06

Re: Performance Unit Plan 1/24/06

International 29D Annual Incentive Program 1/20/06

Directors Update Regarding Performance Unit Plan 1/16/06

Letter from J Little to G Arpey in ref to exec bonuses 1/09/06

Letter to Intl President O'Brien From Local 562 Member 12/28/05

 Thank You Letter from Vice President John Mazza 12/23/05

Letter to the Editor of NY Daily News regarding Local 100 strike 12/22/05

Remember our dealings with the Intl? Lets not forget when Local 100 was there to help us!! 12/21/05

Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on New York City Transit Strike 12/21/05

Local 562 support for TWU Local 100 12/20/2005

Performance Leadership Initiative 12/2/2005

Report on the Convention 9/29/2005

TWU 22nd Constitutional Convention 9/20/05

RE: Swissport doing struck work letter from ATD 8/23/05

IAM Takes Pushback Work 8/20/05

(From NMB)  Northwest Airlines and AMFA Free to Exercise Self-help 8/19/05

Info from election committee 8/16/05

 TWU Position on  Northwest Strike and work 8/10/05

More Scab news 7/22/05

Scab News 6/20/05

TWU position on UAL possible strike 5/20/05

Kasher DRC # 27 5/19/05

TWU/AA Joint Contract Line Maintenance Task Force  5/09/05

MCI Expected Headcount Reductions 4/07/05

FAA Once again delays Improving oversight of Aircraft Repair 3/28/05

3/16/05

Pension Reform Presentation

Joint Pension Statement

Joint Pension Statement Q&A

AA Pension Letter

TWU Pension Letter

APFA Pension Letter

APA Pension Letter

Airlines tangle the media in their web of deception 3/7/05

CNN video on outsourcing 2/23/05

American’s Mail Recovery Plan 2/21/05

Post office suspends use of American Airlines 2/15/05

Response letter from AA to TWU 1/18/05

Letter to Ralph Richardi and Robert Reding 1/10/05

29(d) Grievance - System Protection Date 12/20/04

Overview of Discussions Involving the 2005 Line Maintenance Business Plan 12/16/04

Survey Results and Process for TWU Change 12/16/04

Solidarity March and Candlelight Vigil – Washington 12/2/04

Vision 2025 plan filed for American Airlines 11/27/04

Business Plan Update from Danny Martinez 11/24/04

LTD Rate Increase 11/22/04

TWU Demands American Airlines Reduce Management Numbers

Union Finds 2003 Sacrifices Not Shared By All

Shared Sacrifice 11/19/04

 Letter to Jeff Brundage from  James C. Little 11/19/04

TO: All AA Local Presidents, Officers and Members 11/19/04

 RE: Shared Sacrifice

 Stand in Stead letter from Danny Martinez 11/8/04

 Letter from AA to TWU  11/4/04

 Re: Today’s Newspaper Reports on American 11/4/04

 American Plans more Layoffs 11/4/04

Changes to Strengthen the TWU Air Transport Division (June 22,2004)

 Information – Shared Sacrifice  - Restructuring (June 14, 2004)

RIF Arbitration Update from Local 567 (June 6, 2004)

TWU Response to AMFA request Pg1    Pg 2 (May 20, 2004)

AMFA Extension request (May 20, 2004)

Re: Snowbound Policy at JFK (May 19, 2004)

AA Letter  to TWU concerning websites (May 18, 2004)

Letter to AA re: Confidential Info Access-AMFA (April 29, 2004)

AMFA -NMB (April 29, 2004)

AA Request to NMB   (April 29, 2004)

AMFA Response to NMB (April 23, 2004)

TWU Response to NMB (April 23, 2004)

 TWU Attachment (April 23, 2004)

Retiree Point-of-Service Plan (RPOS Plan) Q & A (April 20, 2004)

TWU debate letter (April 19, 2004)

 0922 SIC card (April 19, 2004)

International A Checks (April 9, 2004)

Annual D1/D3 allotment (April 8, 2004)

2003  TWU International LM2 Report (April 7, 2004)

Judge  Rules against Local 501 (April 5, 2004)

NMB Response Letter (April 1, 2004)

From  Ken MacTiernan Director  AMTA  (March 29,  2004)

AA NMB Letter From AMFA Legal (March 29, 2004)

US approves JetBlue flights to Dominican Republic (March 29, 2004)

Retiree Point-of-Service (RPOS) Plan    (March 29, 2004)

Snowbound Policy at JFK (March 25, 2004)

TWU Challenges AMFA to four debates (March 25, 2004)

Aviation Maintenance Technician Day  (March 24, 2004)

Cope Convention (March 4, 2004)

Massi Pay Letter (January 23, 2004)

The Following presentations were delivered and discussed with the TWU International President, Sonny Hall in New York on August 21, 2003.  They contain observations of the TWU Operation as it relates to the Aircraft Maintenance at American Airlines. These issues were brought forward in an effort to improve the ATD' s day to day business. It was meant in that context and should be read in that context.

Part I:

"Status of the TWU ATD" from an Aircraft Maintenance Point of View
 
 

Part II:

"Organizational Change"

For MS PowerPoint version
ATD TWU.ppt
 
  For MS PowerPoint version Organizational Change final.ppt
For Adobe Acrobat Version
ATD TWU.PDF
 
  For Adobe Acrobat Version Organizational Change final. PDF
For a condensed Acrobat version
TWU ATD short. PDF
 
  For a condensed Acrobat version
 TWU Organizational Change. PDF