March 22, 2012
American Airlines
The TWU Negotiating Committees continued meeting internally and with AA over the last two days. Although progress was made on some articles, there are many discrepancies between the company’s numbers and ours. TWUs financial analyst, Tom Roth, met with the Fleet Service and Maintenance and Related committee’s to review their numbers and counter proposals.
American Eagle
American Eagle staff met with the TWU Negotiating Committees’ this morning and explained their document data system. Much of the material available there is highly confidential and cannot be shared outside of these bankruptcy negotiations. If specific information is approved for disclosure, it will be shared with the members.
March 21, 2012
American Eagle
American Eagle officers presented the company’s overview of the carrier’s status to all three labor groups this morning at Flagship University. The labor groups represent a majority of American Eagles employees. The TWU, AFA and ALPA accompanied by their attorneys and economic advisors gathered in the Flagship Auditorium to hear the company’s business reorganization plan under the pre 1113 bankruptcy guidelines. After reminding the parties they had signed a binding, non-disclosure statement, the company presented their “moving forward” business plan.
Below are the term sheets provided to the AE TWU Negotiating Committees.
Dispatch
Fleet Service
Mechanics
GSI
March 16, 2012
There were no scheduled negotiations between the TWU and AMR today. But, in a letter to the NMB late this afternoon, AMR rejected TWUs proffer of binding arbitration. In the letter, Senior VP Jeff Brundage made it clear that AMR would continue to seek consensual agreements with all of its labor groups through the 1113 process.
Next week will be extremely busy for TWU Negotiating Committee’s with American and American Eagle. American Eagle will present its 1113 "ask" to TWU and the other labor unions on Wednesday morning, March 21. AA/TWU Negotiations will resume as scheduled on Monday, March 19, 2012.