Tulsa AMT movement.

I know this thread is old but this subject has to do with Tulsa. Before today Welders, Platers and machinist were allowed to work on the aircraft but a AMT w/ an A&P was the only one to sign off the logbook. Today approx. 450 grandfathered in "AMTs" were told to get off the plane and sit in the break rooms. They were also told that would be back filling the shops. It was said because of the US GPM stating you have to have an A&P to work on Aircraft. I'm on mids and it came from second hand information. Can anyone confirm this please?
 
You guys should still be working under AA GPM and the grandfathered AMTs can work on aircraft but their stamps are different from AMTs stamp. They cannot sign off on logbooks.  Glad I am not out there anymore what a cluster ----!
 
 
Sounds like a big lie from whoever started it. We are under the AA GPM until the merger comes full circle and then we won't see much of a major change in GPM anyway. If there is anything coming out of this it might be future expectations from the company to make overhaul a separate operation from the line but still will be under the association. That would fall in the hands of the company with another division within the association. The creativity never stops coming from the unions.
 
As I was clocking out I talked to day shift. They were asked by the union and management to stay off the plane yesterday. (Those that were grandfathered in).They didn't know what was in store for them today. And yes I do know we work under the AA GPM. I was just repeating what I was given as a reason they said they were pulled off the plane. I don't think everyone I talked to were pulling my leg. As for mids..things were the norm and no one was told to get off the planes. The reason for my public post was to see if this was system wide and at the time if it was true. I'll be making calls Monday to the hall to see what is triggering this action. BTW, I was told J. Hewitt was one of the ones pulled off the aircraft since he doesn't hold an A&P license. OldGuy@AA have you heard anything my friend?
 
BigMac said:
As I was clocking out I talked to day shift. They were asked by the union and management to stay off the plane yesterday. (Those that were grandfathered in).They didn't know what was in store for them today. And yes I do know we work under the AA GPM. I was just repeating what I was given as a reason they said they were pulled off the plane. I don't think everyone I talked to were pulling my leg. As for mids..things were the norm and no one was told to get off the planes. The reason for my public post was to see if this was system wide and at the time if it was true. I'll be making calls Monday to the hall to see what is triggering this action. BTW, I was told J. Hewitt was one of the ones pulled off the aircraft since he doesn't hold an A&P license. OldGuy@AA have you heard anything my friend?
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I have not heard anything about this, but in my shop we have all AMTs (and one machinist).  I would think it is BS though since there is no log book signing in the hangar.  You have to have people to release the Aircraft and sign the log book after the check but that is usually management.  Crew chiefs must be log book ceritfied too.  Might be something going on though.  I'll see what I can find out Monday.
 
OldGuy@AA said:
I have not heard anything about this, but in my shop we have all AMTs (and one machinist).  I would think it is BS though since there is no log book signing in the hangar.  You have to have people to release the Aircraft and sign the log book after the check but that is usually management.  Crew chiefs must be log book ceritfied too.  Might be something going on though.  I'll see what I can find out Monday.
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Thank you sir. I totally thought they were pulling my leg until more and more were saying the same thing.
 
Let me get this straight. We have 450 non-licensed "AMTs" I.e. Welders, machinists, platers, laid off from the shops with nowhere to go. The company tried to put them in AO, and they are useless. Why not do the easy thing; LAY THEM OFF! 99.9 of other employers will use this novel tactic.
 
Lessee.. They took a bunch of high senior guys out of the shops and put them in the hangars. They took the low senior guys out of the hangars and put them in the shops. 
 
AA is getting ready to downsize the shops.  The low senior shop guys will have  to bid other AA stations to avoid layoff.
 
Is this what seems to be happening? 
 
lpbrian said:
Let me get this straight. We have 450 non-licensed "AMTs" I.e. Welders, machinists, platers, laid off from the shops with nowhere to go. The company tried to put them in AO, and they are useless. Why not do the easy thing; LAY THEM OFF! 99.9 of other employers will use this novel tactic.
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come on dude the twu will come up with something...
 
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