March 15, 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Federal Aviation Administration, temporarily grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, affected 85 daily flights. The Company continues to re-route aircraft throughout the network to cover as much of its MAX schedule without causing major disruption in its system.

In the News, an aviation source said that "Investigators are looking into the MAX 8's autopilot functions and the training of the pilots who flew the plane, as well as a mechanical part of the control system that alters the up-and-down movement of the plane's nose. The mechanism called a "jackscrew," is a threaded rod in the tail section of the aircraft that affects the plane's stability." These aircraft will be grounded until the Company is allowed to resume 737 MAX operations.

American Should Care Campaign, continues to push ahead and reaching the flying public worldwide. Our petition has surpassed 15,000 signatures with a goal of 25,000; please take the time to spread the word through social media, friends, and family. Tagging the hashtag #powerofcaring in Facebook and Twitter will help spread our message. This campaign is supported and paid for by TWU AA Locals, to bring awareness to the flying public of the Company’s decision to outsource good paying jobs. Their decision would create a negative impact on local and worldwide economies and the loss of quality of life to our members and their families.

This week in the Bag room, the bathrooms were placed out of service due to a collapse of a sewage pipe leading out from the bag room. The City of Chicago was called and are trying to repair the damage with a sleeve. If this fails, then they would have to make repairs by digging out the pipe. We asked the Company about bring in a portable bathroom unit to help alleviate the situation and placed at ramp level near the bag room by K2.

On Thursday, we attended a Powerstows meeting with Local management and people from HDQ. We continued to raise our concerns with the safety of our members with its usage. The railings for the powerstows should be all completed by March 25, and these new railings will be non-collapsible.

Miscellaneous items, new headsets, and cords will be arriving around March 19th, Alaska Airlines bag transfer cart placement is outside near terminal two at the old USAir bag room next to the roundhouse. The Company will continue to test its Crew Chief Playbook at different gates. Menzies Company has about four more truck to install governors to its vehicles to avoid speeding on the ramp.

In the Joint Safety meeting, Additional widebody stands due to arrive in May and June for a total of ten. Discussion with the City with the L10 to M3 bump on the roadway crossing, they will inspect and plan for repairs. The testing of the usage of the K18 jet bridge chute for gate bags had been successful, this issue was added to joint safety due to the hazards of crossing the bus lane to retrieve bags from the K18.

In closing, we had an incident were a small puppy in its cage was placed in the baggage system. Very lucky that the puppy wasn't harmed, please take every precaution when handling live animals. It's not only someone's pet it's someone's family member.

512 Strong

Juan Elvira

President

TWU Local 512

Jelvira@twulocal512.org

(847)956-6996