A couple of years ago the Teamster’s sponsored the first ever national summit on aircraft maintenance outsourcing. Nearly 200 people attended, including safety advocates, members of Congress, former members of the National Transportation Safety Board, the news media and aviation industry representatives.
Since then Congress has taken the first small steps to requiring a single aviation maintenance standard, which is the key to a solution for this problem. But there is a long line of powerful and well-funded special interests that are intent on maintaining our current system. This will be a long and difficult battle.
There is still much more work to be done. The Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition is collecting data about shoddy outsourced maintenance. Your help is crucial to this effort. Please fill out a Teamster Outsourcing Defect Report (TODR) whenever you become aware of any shoddy maintenance performed by a vendor.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6wCQlEcMNzzcFc9AoxMd2w_3d_3d
The TODR’s we receive will be used in future reports and lobbying during our fight against outsourcing. Please be assured the Teamsters will keep your identity confidential. If you feel uncomfortable disclosing your name and employer, then leave them off the survey. The Teamsters will protect your privacy. Only the Teamsters will have access to your personally identifiable information; we will not share it with anyone.
More information can be found on the Teamster Airline Division website www.teamsterair.org. Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Download a Teamster Outsourcing Defect Report: