Here's your weekly update.
1. Contract reconciliation continues: Both the Fleet Service and the Maintenance and Related groups met again in Chicago this past week to continue their work in preparing for joint negotiations. Both groups continue to make progress and the Fleet group will meet next week in DFW to continue working on reconciling both contracts and the maintenance and related group will meet the following week in DFW to continue. A brief Fleet Service update is attached to this email.
2. TAESL base closing: International President Harry Lombardo has issued the attached statement in regard to the company's decision to close the TAESL (Texas Aero Engine Service Limited) base which was a joint American Airlines – Rolls Royce engine repair facility at the Alliance airport. This was the last remaining shop left open at Alliance after the re-structuring agreement. The company gave very little notice about this closing even though it had to have been discussed long before the announcement was made. Attached to this email is the response from International President Lombardo to regarding the closing of the TAESL base and how it was announced . The link below also addresses the closing.
3. Moneybags cashes in more stock: Moneybags (CEO Doug Parker) has cashed in ion another stock sale. CEO Parker earned another four million dollars with this most recent sale. While he isn't taking a salary for the year, it has to be noted that we are still waiting the return of the company's share of our prefunding, the four percent raise the other employee groups received earlier this year and his continued promise of "Delta plus 7" in our first joint contract. Please click on the link below for more information.
4. Airline labor news: It was announced earlier this week that the agents here at AA have reached their first agreement as Union members. The agents have seen many organizing drives in the past fail but with the merger they will become members of the Communication Workers of America- International brotherhood of teamsters (CWA-IBT). Some details of the agreement are:
Passenger Service Employees will see an immediate wage increase to equal New Delta plus 3% and an additional 9% wage increase over the life of the 5-year agreement.
There will be NO FURLOUGH during the life of the agreement.
All Passenger Service Employees will have twelve sick days per year.
Please click on the link below for more information.
http://american-agents.org/news/tentative-agreement-reached/
This week the Pilots for Republic Airlines reached a tentative agreement on a new deal. Details have not been released yet but this group has endured a long difficult road in coming to an agreement. Talks got so bad that their Union, the Teamsters, wouldn't even send out the last proposal offered by the company. The National mediation Board (NMB) got involved and got the sides to reach an agreement on a new deal. Please click on the link below for more information.
Southwest, Delta and United Airlines are at various stages in important labor negotiations with large work groups as some airlines are attempting to create a shift in profit sharing mentality. Talks at United are troubling because they have recently passed the five year anniversary of their merger with Continental and are still without contracts. Please click on the link below for more details.
http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/delta-united-and-southwest-airlines-navigate-vital-labour-talks-as-profits-surge-246157
5. Airline Customer Service is getting worse: The Air Travel Consumer Report from the U.S. Department of Transportation finds that in the first six months of this year, complaints from air travelers were up 20 percent over the same time frame in 2014. The report stated that the industry figured out that if it only made flying a nightmarish experience for the average traveler; customers would pay extra for even the most basic services. They seem to be racing each other to the bottom in customer service statistics while raking in record profits.These independent statistics only reinforces our repeated claims that more headcount would make the product at AA better and draw more customers. Unfortunately, these record profits are blinding them to the fact that they are failing the flying public. Please click on the link for more information.
Please work smart and stay safe.
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