Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

In Memoriam  It is with great sadness that the Airline Division has been advised that Local 1224 notified their Atlas Air members of the tragic death of First Officer Rafael Monterroza Jr., who passed away on Wednesday, August 13th as the result of a motorcycle accident.   Rafael was hired at Atlas in February of […]

Local 986 Member Helps to Save Life  With a life on the line, Rob Pennell springs into action  PDX (Portland, Oregon) Lead Facilities Maintenance Technician Rob Pennell recently helped save the life of a stranger who was found unresponsive on the floor of the terminal.  Rob and all our ground service equipment and facilities employees

Airline Industry News  Governmental and Regulatory  The US Department of Transportation issued a final rule aimed at providing an additional layer of protection to the shipment of lithium batteries, which are used to power mobile phones and laptops.  Airlines, Industry and Labor  Boeing plans to build the 787-10 entirely at its plant in South Carolina, bypassing

Court Rules in Favor of Allegiant Air Pilots, Local 1224  This past Tuesday, the U.S. District Court in Nevada granted a preliminary injunction in favor of the Allegiant Air pilots represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division and its Local 1224.    U.S. District Court Judge Andrew P. Gordon issued the decision granting

Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition Recommends Single Standard for Drug Testing Programs for Foreign and Domestic Repair Stations  The Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition (TAMC) called for the implementation of a single standard of drug testing for airline mechanics in its comments submitted today to the FAA on its proposed rulemaking, (Docket No. FAA-2012-1058), for required drug

Airline Industry News  Governmental and Regulatory  The Federal Aviation Administration's  recent efforts to clarify and define its role in regulating the use of model aircraft has some hobbyists upset about what they see as the agency's overreaction to a couple of unusual incidents.Airlines, Industry and Labor  Boeing is close to sealing deals with as many

GoJets Negotiating Update  The negotiating Committee spent the majority of the past week (June 23rd) working on IBT 618 Pilot Group Steward Elections. Preparation work was done on Section 8 – (Scheduling). IBT National Representatives, Captains Paul Alves and Rick Dubinsky, IBT 618 Local President/Business Representative Mike Foster and Steward Chris Slavens met with the

New Work in SFO for UAL Teamsters On June 23rd, Aircraft 4238 arrived in Dock 6 at UAL’s SFO maintenance base. It is part of UAL’s cost reduction efforts that the company determined would save money by bringing work in house. As reported in an article on the company website this is the first of

TAMC visits XJT MX Base in Columbia, SC  On June 19th, TAMC Chairman Chris Moore, Local 528 Business Agent Robert Breaux and Local 528 XJT Chief Steward Geoff Maloney visited with members at the Columbia, SC maintenance base.   An update on contract negotiations was presented along with a question and answer period. Due to

General President Visits SFO UAL Base, Meets With Shop Stewards   On Friday morning, International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James Hoffa paid a visit to the UAL San Francisco Maintenance Base to see the facility and meet with members. International Representative Clacy Grizwold, Local 856 Principal Office Peter Finn, Local 856 Business Agent Javier