by jcarlson | Dec 9, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced it declined management’s invitation to participate in the “new” American Airlines’ opening bell ceremony at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport celebrating the carrier’s...
by jcarlson | Nov 27, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja and Transportation Department Staff met this week with the newly elected leadership of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in Washington DC. The parties made general introductions and discussed the TWU-IAM Joint Employee...
by jcarlson | Nov 12, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
“US Airways’ celebration is premature,” said IAM District 141 President Rich Delaney on the announcement of a deal between US Airways, American Airlines and the Department of Justice that removed government opposition to the proposed merger. “Until the carrier...
by jcarlson | Nov 6, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
During a press conference regarding an unrelated matter, US Attorney General Eric Holder stated the US government hopes to settle the US/AA merger lawsuit before it goes to trial. “Discussions are ongoing,” Holder said Monday morning, briefly addressing...
by jcarlson | Aug 29, 2013 | Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, Uncategorized, US Airways
American Airlines, its unsecured creditors committee and US Airways have come right out and said it – the American-US Airways merger would be endangered if the antitrust lawsuit seeking to block it doesn’t start until March 2014. In a filing Wednesday in U.S. District...