American Airlines status

[heironymouspasparagus]

The fat has been needed to be cut at this company for a long time...Its to bad it wont be on job performance......

And even worse won't be at a high enough level to be meaningful.

[shadows]

The fat has been needed to be cut at this company for a long time...Its to bad it wont be on job performance......

The  AA’s,  ride along  bankruptcy,  is no more than  corporate America that has  taken  over capitalism in a  one world  environment.  As the government of the people, because  non-voters, the bureaucrats have become servants of corporate America, with the top heavy management who gloats over the inflating of the employees salaries in order justify  the creating  of their  own  family  nest  eggs. 

True one countrys liability is another countrys assets.   By using this formula of paper  juggling, assets in a nation, as a non-productive service nation, is able to show they have the world greatest economy as many  writers are trying to point out.   It is the working class that  create the money to buy the product  that is to be serviced.  The outsourcing of the labor forces jobs will cause any services paper economy to collapse.

There is a point where the manufacturers of the product will demand payment from the merchant that stimulates the service economy.   Thus the reduction and outsourcing of the product buying employees of AA will possible have many  echo’s in the Tulsa economy   So be it.               

[Townsend]

FAA approved duct tape

[Red Arrow]

FAA approved duct tape

That's not duct tape or even duck tape.  It's special aviation thousand mile per hour tape.   

[DolfanBob]

A little bondo, some tape and paint. Good as old.

[shadows]

AAR nonunion with 2 billion profits, AA closed in with union and pension and 11 billion debts. Might be Picking the elite of business to transfer debt to tax write-off.  Large company comes to town to check on workforce and conditions.   Could it be that sign painters will be needed to add an R to a passel of signs?    Hmmmmm   

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AAR nonunion with 2 billion profits, AA closed in with union and pension and 11 billion debts.  Picking the elite of business to transfer debt to tax write-off.  Large company comes to town to check on workforce and conditions.   Could it be that sign painters will be needed to add an R to a passel of signs?    Hmmmmm   

Nah, a couple people with Magic Markers or Sharpies can take care of it.

[shadows]

The stock market today will possibly give a bunch of trader's ulcers after the judge acted like they was doing ok by duplicating the governments budget.

[Oil Capital]

American could lay off 400 workers at Tulsa maintenance base next year

Read more here: http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2013/09/american-could-lay-off-400-workers-at-tulsa-maintenance-base-next-year.html#storylink=cpy

[Hoss]

American could lay off 400 workers at Tulsa maintenance base next year

Read more here: http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2013/09/american-could-lay-off-400-workers-at-tulsa-maintenance-base-next-year.html#storylink=cpy

That was last weeks' news.  I have more than my fair share of friends who are nervous about this.

[SXSW]

Is the thought that AA will outsource all of its Airbus (A319) work when it retires the MD80?  That would mean a bulk of the Tulsa workforce would be out of a job.  I wonder will AA do any maintenance in-house or farm it all out?

[Ed W]

Is the thought that AA will outsource all of its Airbus (A319) work when it retires the MD80?  That would mean a bulk of the Tulsa workforce would be out of a job.  I wonder will AA do any maintenance in-house or farm it all out?

AA does all the Boeing products in Tulsa, and that includes the new 737s.

Laying off 400 doesn't mean they'll cut that many jobs here. That's a system wide number. But it's particularly annoying because AA told Tulsa mechanics that eliminating overtime would save 200 jobs. They eliminated OT for all of two weeks, then announced that 400 number.

[Hoss]

AA does all the Boeing products in Tulsa, and that includes the new 737s.

Laying off 400 doesn't mean they'll cut that many jobs here. That's a system wide number. But it's particularly annoying because AA told Tulsa mechanics that eliminating overtime would save 200 jobs. They eliminated OT for all of two weeks, then announced that 400 number.

Does that include the big jets also?  I know a daily 757 flies out of here, but wasn't sure if they're equipped to handle the 47/67/77 series of Boeings.  I've seen the occasional 747 in here, but not often.  Last big jet I saw come to TUL was last week when that huge freakin' AN-124 landed while I was out to lunch and driving south on Memorial as it made it's run to 36R.

[Ed W]

At present, all the 737, 757, 767, and 777 work is done here. I'm fairly sure of that. And the MD80s are done here as well, but they're aging aircraft and will be retired soon. The 737 is a replacement for them. The MD80 replaced the 727 some time back. The 727 burned about 12gal/min in cruise while the MD80 burned only 8 or 9. The 737 is supposed to be more efficient, but I don't know it's fuel consumption. Fuel and wages are the biggest part of the budget, I'm told.

AA hasn't had 747 for more than 25 years. The 747s you see could be Air Force or cargo operations. The Air Force used to do touch and goes with an old 707 here, training bomber and tanker pilots. They were conspicuous by the large plume of black exhaust.

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Last big jet I saw come to TUL was last week when that huge freakin' AN-124 landed while I was out to lunch and driving south on Memorial as it made it's run to 36R.

I saw it take off.  It looked like it was hardly moving.  That's a BIG airplane.