Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

TAMC hits the hill in support of FAA Reauthorization 14 Teamsters from the Airline Division descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, September 13 for a final push to ensure that a single standard of safety and the new, fair voting rules for RLA elections stay in the FAA Re-authorization bill.  Eleven Mechanics from seven local […]

Arbitrator Issues Ruling, Paving the Way for AAWW Contract Implementation After several months of waiting, the Transition Executive Council and crewmembers of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo (Local 1224) have finally received what they have long awaited: a ruling from the Federal arbitrator on the open sections of their amalgamated contract. In a message

NMB Agrees with IBT, Denies UAL Request for Immediate Amalgamation Talks The Airline Division was notified this week that the NMB has agreed with the merits in the filing by the Teamsters against proceeding with United's request to immediately moving into amalgamated talks between the United, Continental, and Continental Micronesia mechanic and related work groups.

Airline Division, UAL Management to Meet On Company Hangar Plans Leadership of the Airline Division and leadership from both Teamster units at UAL and CAL will meet on September 1st with the leadership of United Airlines to discuss the company's hangar plan as they come closer to achieving their single operating certificate. The company has

Airline Advisor’s Opinion Inaccurate, Pilot Concessions Were Unnecessary at Frontier  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the certified union representative of the pilots of Republic Airlines and Frontier Airlines, today disputed a claim by Republic and Frontier Airlines’ advisor Michael Cox that a lawsuit filed by the union earlier this month has placed the financing

Teamsters, Omni Air Pilots Announce Tentative Agreement with Company Negotiators of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division and the Executive Council of Omni Air (Local 1224) today have announced the conclusion of a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Omni management. The agreement, which is the first contract for the pilots, was reached after years of

Division Director Addresses PATCO on 30th Anniversary of Strike Marking the 30th anniversary of the assault on organized labor when then over 13,000 air traffic controllers were fired for striking over better working conditions and wages, Airline Division Director David Bourne addressed the PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) as the keynote speaker at their

Citing Growth and Successes, General President Hoffa Recognizes Airline Division Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and Airline Division Director David Bourne met this week to discuss projects the division has under way, and Hoffa praised Bourne for recent successes. “I’m proud of the Airline Division’s successes in building Teamster power and the job David Bourne

UAL/CAL “On Track” for Single Certificate, will operate with separate CBA’s In a quarterly conference call held this week, UAL CEO Jeff Smisek addressed the issues surrounding the continuing integration process of United and Continental Airlines. Commenting on the desire to have achieved combined working agreements for the unionized groups at both airlines; Smisek stated

FAA, NASA Seek Pilot Input on Weather and Information Services In cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is conducting a study on Aviation Weather in the Cockpit and Aeronautical Information Services via Data Link. ASRS is gathering incidents that occurred while pilots were utilizing weather or AIS information in