American Airlines & Mechanics Reach Agreement

Our flight from ORD was canceled after the pilot timed out from a 3 hour lightbulb change in the galley... a lot of money for mechanics who can’t perform a simple task. AA has REALLY gone down hill, it’s really sad.

God Bless John Samuelsen for standing strong against the bullies!

Sorry, Lucky, but this is pretty lazy analysis. Saying that the mechanics won because the terms look good ignores what the mechanics were demanding. Did they demand higher pay raises, higher profit sharing, etc, but settled on these levels? How far are these levels above what AA originally offered (if at all)? We only have one side of the story here, i.e. the resolution, without knowing where both sides started, so it's impossible to call it a win one way or another.

I am sure Brandon is a real expert when it comes to repairing aircraft. He is probably one of those guys who can't change his own flat tire on his car.

I'm going to disagree here because if you create an incentive for frontline employees to participate in profit sharing at an attractive rate, then that should help to boost morale, make employees be mindful of costs and reduce waste. The company has subjugated their frontline employees while giving to their pilots which creates animosity among crew members/mechanics against the pilots and management. Maybe management has finally gotten the message that creating an incentive for employees may create the favorable "attitude adjustment" needed. Believe me, surly FAs serving First Class and gate personnel leaving luggage on the tarmac during a rain storm as opposed to leaving the luggage in the jetway (witnessed in DEN last summer), makes a paying First Class customer rethink flying with them again.

dfw88

don't expect Lucky to be analytical. Most of the bloggers just like to give their opinions and they come across as facts. I wonder if it was Delta instead of AA if the narrative would be the same.

Oh it's cool that Delta employees get a big profit sharing but now that AA has given the mechanics a similar profit sharing percentage AA does a lousy job.

If the mechanics didn't get what they wanted we would hear Lucky complain about there being low morale and all the other negative stuff.

Go figure!

Wasnt one of the big sticking points sending maintenance work overseas? The settlement says no one will lose their job, but that leaves the door open for them to hire mechanics in cheaper countries and basically replace any US mechanic who retires with a foreign one for cheaper, over time dropping the number of union members. AA management will view that as a win if playing the long game.

Congratulations to the IAM TWU on the contract!

A well paid, long term, secure workforce is in the benefit of passengers and the public.

Meanwhile Delta gives huge profit sharing, has reliable and desirable operations, and happy employees. I still say that top level, the C-Suite and board of AA should all be replaced with real management, not that of low cost cut rate regional America West management that is
in place now.

Tentative agreement. It wasn't voted and approved by union membership yet.

Yep this is the type of leader you want for any organization. All you need is a common thug.

Go to war by declaring these terms.

"The bloodiest, ugliest battle"
"absolutely vicious"

And the victory speech with the term
"richest"

This makes Donald Trump look like a saint.

Why is. Legacy AA mechanics not getting the same health care as Legacy US? This is not right.

Legacy US Employees continue (for 5 years) to receive health care insurance at NO COST to them while AA insurance continues to go up every year. This alone could be thousands of dollars a year in compensation for one group of employees that is not offered to another group performing the same job.