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Important Information on AIR 21-Whistleblower OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of more than twenty whistleblower statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety and health, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, and securities laws. Rights afforded by these whistleblower protection laws include, but are not limited to, worker participation in safety and health activities, reporting a work-related injury, illness or fatality, or reporting a violation of the statutes herein. Read More... Download: SWA Supervisor.pdf , Its_Your_Call_12-6-17.pdf , FAA-SWA-LAX-Report.pdf , FAA-SWA-Dallas.pdf , FAA-LAS-Violation.pdf National Safety & Standards Director Letter to AMFA Membership April 25, 2018 - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating last week’s tragic incident on Southwest Airlines Flight #1380 and our Southwest Airlines (SWA) Accident Investigation Team (AIT) Representatives are actively participating in the investigation. During the course of an active investigation we will not speculate or comment about the incident. Read More... Download: Emergency_AD_2018-09-51.pdf AMFA Letters to Congress Regarding Safety and the Importance of our Craft's Voice In light of recent events, today AMFA sent the attached letters regarding safety and the importance of our craft to the leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committees. Read More... Download: 20180425_SWA_Flight_1380_Ltr_to_House.pdf , 20180425_SWA_Flight_1380_Ltr_to_Senate.pdf Press Release: 2018 AMFA Scholarship Recipients April 20, 2018 – The AMFA National Executive Council (NEC) is proud to announce the two recipients of the AMFA Scholarship for 2018. Those who applied had to be currently enrolled in a school to gain their Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license, had to be a US Citizen, and were required to submit a 500-word essay explaining the difference between a craft specific and an industrial union. Read More... AMFA Extends Heartfelt Condolences April 18, 2018 -- The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of the passenger who lost her life due to yesterday's tragic event on Southwest Airlines Flight #1380. AMFA is grateful that our SWA family (pilots and flight attendants) and their professional skill set delivered the other beloved customers to safety. AMFA wishes to keep the passengers, flight crew, and families of SWA Flight #1380 in our prayers. Read More... Press Release: AMFA Dispatches SWA Accident Investigation Team Representatives April 17, 2018 -- The reported accident on Southwest Flight #1380 from New York La Guardia (LGA) to Dallas Love Field (DAL) and was diverted to Philadelphia (PHL) has prompted the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) to dispatch Accident Investigation Team (AIT) Representatives. Our AIT Representatives are currently in route to PHL and we are maintaining constant communication with them to support their activity during this investigation. Read More... AMFA - SWA Technician Negotiations Update #63 April 11, 2018 -- The parties met on Monday, April 9, 2018, for a scheduled two-day negotiation session in Dallas, TX. Your Committee delivered a counterproposal to the Company’s last pass from our previous March session. That proposal contained a reduction in our snap-up ask from 16.9% to 16.7%, and we informed the Company we were not interested in the additional ETOPS relief it had requested or elimination of the Outsourcing Liaison Representative (OLR) position. Read More... Press Release: AMFA Announces Agreement in Principal with Southwest Airlines for the Aircraft Maintenance Technicians April 11, 2018 -- The AMFA Negotiating Committee reached an Agreement in Principle (AIP) with Southwest Airlines (SWA) for the Aircraft Maintenance Technicians on April 10, 2018. Read More... AMFA - ASA Sick Leave Exchange for Retirement Health Care LOA Referendum Notice and LOA Text April 5, 2018 -- The AMFA – Alaska Airlines (ASA) Negotiating Committee has requested a system-wide referendum regarding a Sick Leave Exchange for Retirement Health Care Letter of Agreement (LOA). The complete text of the LOA will be emailed to each member’s company email address on April 5, 2018. Read More... Download: Sick Leave Exchange for Retire Health Care LOA 16 Text.pdf National Director's March 2018 Update April 2, 2018 -- AMFA and Alaska Airlines met in Anchorage, AK on March 20-21 to discuss a Virgin America – Alaska Airlines Transition Agreement. The Company advised us during our first two negotiation sessions that there would be zero enhancements to existing collective bargaining agreements (CBA) as part of any work group’s transition agreement; however, the Flight Attendants gained multiple enhancements in their recent agreement. We, therefore, delivered a reasonable Transition Agreement proposal, which mirrored the enhancements received by the Flight Attendants. Surprisingly, our negotiation session was cut short as Alaska refused to contribute a counterproposal and provide you similar enhancements like those provided to the Flight Attendants. This speaks volumes as to how the Company views our group. Read More... AMFA-ASA Virgin America Transition Agreement Discussions Update #3 March 25, 2018 -- As you will remember, the Company advised us in our first two Transition Agreement negotiation sessions that there would be no enhancements to existing collective bargaining agreements (CBA) as part of any work group’s transition agreement. The Company, however, abandoned that mantra when it provided the Flight Attendants with several enhancements to their existing CBA and a two-year extension as part of that transition process. Therefore, in response to our members’ directives, we commenced this week’s session with a proposal that mirrored the enhancements received by the Flight Attendants... Read More... AMFA NEC’s Response to SWA COO Mike Van de Ven Letter to AMTs February 26, 2018 -- The recent vote of no confidence taken and issued by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (“AMFA”) has absolutely nothing to do with ongoing collective bargaining. It was you, and not AMFA, that attempted to connect safety with contract negotiations. The truth is there exists a serious concern regarding the degradation of safety within Southwest’s maintenance program as determined by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”). Read More... Press Release: AMFA Leadership Cast Vote of “No Confidence” in SWA VP of Maintenance Operations February 22, 2018 -- Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association leaders cast a vote of “no confidence” today in Southwest Airlines Vice President of Maintenance Operations Landon Nitschke, asking Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and COO Mike Van de Ven to relieve Nitschke of his duties and responsibilities. Read More... Video: AMFA Economist on Retro and Recent Info Distributed by SWA Read More... National Director Letter Regarding SWA 4th Quarter Earnings January 26, 2018 -- Southwest Airlines (SWA) set another record profit, earning $3.49 billion in 2017, up from $2.24 billion in 2016. In 2017 the Company spent $1.9 billion on dividends and repurchasing stock, making the remaining shares more valuable. Yesterday, SWA released information for the fourth-quarter profits, which jumped to $1.89 billion following recent tax law modifications that reduced the Company’s deferred tax liability. Gary Kelly said the lower tax rate will save the Company hundreds of millions of dollars, “which will significantly boost our earnings in 2018.” This boost is estimated at $490 million EVERY YEAR. Subsequently, Southwest gave every employee a $1K bonus this month. AMFA members are thankful for the one-time bonus, but that is a small temporary gain, our members deserve a long-term solution. Read More... AMFA Local 18 Hurricane Benefit September 18, 2017 -- Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 26, 2017, ravaging southeastern Texas. Soon after, on September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma tore through Florida. Thousands of Americans have been displaced from their homes due to the catastrophic damage caused by these two storms, including many of our brothers and sisters from AMFA Local 18. While airports in Houston and greater Florida have reported to be functioning at full speed, many of our AMFA brothers and sisters are still taking time off from work, tirelessly struggling to rebuild their homes damaged by the wind and flood waters. In an effort to help ease the burden of our members affected by this devastation, an AMFA 18 Hurricane Benefit GoFundMe page has been established. Please click the following link to support our fellow members. Every penny counts: https://www.gofundme.com/amfa-18-hurricane-benefit Read More... SWAPA Supports AMFA Video Read More... National Director’s Letter to Membership Regarding Complaint filed by Southwest Airlines February 16, 2017 -- Yesterday Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against AMFA National, AMFA Local 11, and several individual AMFA officers and contract negotiators. The lawsuit alleges that AMFA-represented mechanics initiated an overtime boycott and that AMFA and the other defendants failed to make “every reasonable effort” to prevent the boycott and/or bring it to an end. As a remedy, SWA is seeking wide-ranging injunctive relief that would implement judicial oversight of how you perform your maintenance work. Read More... National Director Letter to SWA Members Regarding Family Day February 11, 2017 -- As you know, AMFA is currently engaged in collective bargaining with Southwest Airlines pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (RLA). The RLA mandates that the parties are required to refrain from “self help” until released by the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) from mediation and a thirty-day cooling off period has expired. This means that during the negotiating process Southwest is prohibited from initiating a lockout or unilaterally changing the terms of our collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Southwest is also prohibited from implementing a divide and conquer strategy based on direct negotiations with our members. Based on our determination that Southwest has violated its legal obligation in this regard, we have commenced litigation against the carrier in federal court. Read More...