- Aug 8, 2004
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I have heard that there is a larger than usual number of planes going out of service at stations like ORD,JFK and DFW. The funny thing is that they are not showing up on Vianet as usual. At JFK they had 13 out of service on Sat and the only way you knew that they were out of service was if you took the plane out of service yourself or new the person that did. They have also been white slipping people and locking up break rooms in order to corral the mechanics so that they can keep a better eye on them at JFK. In ORD they just upped the managers head count from 2 to 4. They are standing over them,watching them do there jobs and questioning them when they write somthing up. Seems there was an etops A/C taken out of service and never made vianet. In ORD there were a couple of passengers walking around the terminal with signs that stated FLY AA YOUR VACATION WILL NEVER END & YOU WILL NEVER GET HOME. I have also been told that there are higher than normal numbers of a/c out of service at DFW and that there are a growing number of docks in Tulsa that are working by the book. The number of people taking field trips out of Tulsa are dwindling also due to changing work rules. They require you to take a minimum of 8hrs off after working 12 hrs unless you have prior approval. I thought that the reason for having the field trips is to get the plane back into revenue service. With the contract neg going the way that they are,can you expect anythingelse. They have intentionaly delayed neg. They promised SHARED SACRIFICE with no intention of ever delivering on that promise. I'm sure the company suckups are going to come on here and say that we are hurting the passengers. Well that maybe true,but what about our families pain. The fact of the matter is that it is the company that is hurting the passengers due to their actions at the neg table. They promised and didn't deliver. They always have one of there company mouth pieces in papers telling half truths to the public and complete lies about pensions,labor costs and costs per available seat mile,but they never seem to tell people that the majority of these problems they created. I always like to read how they state that AA offered X number of holidays or vacation days to us to sweeten the offer,but they don't tell the public that they were taking away 10 times what they were offering and that the total value of the offer was half of what the previous offer was. On a different note. I was told that UPS started sending out there retro checks and one mechanic recieved $41,000 and AA is balking about less than a 1/4 of that after they have been saving that for 3 plus years. If they didn't save the money that they haven't paid us over the years,they should be fired for mismanagement.