Rdu?
- Thread starter wheels
- Start date
wheels said:
RDU isn't one of the TWU station protected cities. Once they go below a certain amount of daily mainline flights {15??} AA has the right to outsource the work, looks like AE will take over the ramp in RDU?? Maybe the ATO/gates as well...
And don't think RDU is the only station this is going to happen in either, the handwriting is on the wall.
Kev3188
Veteran
Which ones currently have AA ramp, but aren't protected?
Kev3188 said:
FLL/DEN/MSY/SEA/PDX/MSP/ATL/SNA/SJC/HNL and a few others I may have left out. Some station protected cities such as MEM are down to only 2 mainline jets a day. I think as soon as the last station protected FSC retires from that station they can contract it out, which may have just happened at OKC last month. OKC is outsourced now, but im not sure it's it,s due to a retirement or something else. I know that the protected stations have to maintain a certain amount of mainline jets a day as well, it's
just not as many as a non-protected station.
Kev3188
Veteran
This has got to be a scary thought for the guys in these stations. Judging by your list, it looks like PDX is the closest to the 15 (?) flight/day threshold? Also, no more payout to move, correct?DFWFSC said:
Kev3188 said:
I think the move payout is still active, it was removed for a while when the paycuts and massive layoffs were in motion a while back. It was a one time deal the TWU and AA agreed on to save money during the layoffs. It can be nerve racking working in a station like MEM knowing your days there are numbered. You have to choose whether to stay and wait for your layoff notice and the $12,500 moving payout and to only have JFK/BOS/LGA/LAX/SFO on your bump sheet, or put your bid in for DFW or someplace else you may want to go to instead of waiting for something less desireable. Sometimes you can't even get a earlier transfer to DFW or wherever, so you just might as well stay and get your payout.
eolesen
Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2003
- Messages
- 15,959
- Reaction score
- 9,374
Kev3188 said:
Here's my best guess: ABQ PDX MSY MCI HNL TPA MSP SNA SEA DEN ATL AUS FLL RDU SJC MCO
I might be wrong on a couple of these as far as protection goes, but I don't have a current 42(B) listing.
Unless it changed last year, the threshold used to be 2554 annual departures for outsourcing at a non-protected station as well as those who no longer have employees with station protection. The 5475 departures rule used to only trigger when a new station (never had TWU) was staffed with TWU.
