New Lead: Bob A has been awarded the Lead vacancy for SEAMM he will be starting on Monday next week on swing shift. Also we will be adding four “New” mechanics that are coming over from the recent furlough of the shops. These new mechanics will be on day shift for the first week for training then onto swing. Finally onto to midnight shift.
New Bid area: IAD has posted a new bid area and will be accepting bids. This will be IADLM the new crew will be tasked to maintain and focus on improving the “workability of items in the cabin” There will be crews similarly set up at the hub stations.
Airframe Maintenance Reorganized: Bob Madigan, managing director of Airframe Maintenance in San Francisco will be adding an operational manager for each dock to handle the “needs of the business”. Yes, I did say each dock. What ever happen to having two OM’s and having supervises do their job and what do the four VP’s we have for United Services do?
New Planes: This week, United Airlines sent a request for proposal (RFP) to Airbus and Boeing to replace the widebodies and the 757 fleet. It was reported by Bloomberg news that this could be a $20 billion order. The last year we took delivery of an aircraft was 2002. The average age of our fleet is 13 years.
Safety: Last Sunday we had a mechanic in Portland working on an aircraft engine got his right middle finger crushed between a cowling latch and hydraulic line. Remember to keep your mind on the job, get help when you need it and stay safe.
Jock
