Notice of Permanent Injunction
On August 12, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a Permanent
Injunction. The following statement from IAM, TWU, and the Association’s most senior leaders,
including Sito Pantoja, Alex Garcia, and John Samuelsen, is made to all mechanic and related
employees pursuant to the Permanent Injunction:
The Court now has issued a Permanent Injunction that binds us all indefinitely. We therefore notify
you, in no uncertain terms, that:
Any actions by mechanic and related employees that are designed or intended to harm or slow down
American’s operations is a violation of the Court’s Permanent Injunction and the Railway Labor Act.
You MUST resume normal working schedules and practices.
You MUST NOT engage in any concerted refusal to perform normal operations.
Any individual employee represented by the Association who is found to have:
Refused to accept overtime or field trip requests as they would in the normal course; Failed to
complete maintenance repairs as they would in the normal course;
Slowed down in the performance of their job duties; or
Taken any other action intended to cause aircraft to be out of service (including specifically
aircraft out of service at 7:00 a.m.) or otherwise cause flight delays or cancellations or
interfere with American’s operations;
WILL face discipline and fines from the Association, TWU and/or IAM.
