I sent the following to both NY Senators and my Congressman:

I live in Brooklyn NY and have worked for TWA as a mechanic since June
of 1967. Recently I was told that I was being furloughed because of the
fallout of the Word Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. The claim is that

the drop in passengers is the cause. I have two complaints that I would
like you to consider.

#1. A bill was just passed to bail the airlines out to the tune of $15
billion. Why can't some of that money be used to keep the employees
working during the slump. Also, they are using a "act of war" clause to
renege on their obligation to pay each of us 13 weeks severance.

#2. American Airlines was not the highest bidder for TWA, but was
awarded the right to buy us because they would take care of the
employees best. They laid off everyone at JFK and had planned on laying
us off before the WTC incident. Prior to Labor day, there were 328
aircraft mechanics between JFK, LGA & EWR working for TWA. As of Labor
day that dropped to 110. As of October 7, it will be ZERO. There will
also be a layoff of all baggage loaders, plane cleaners, guards, etc. (a

total of over 2500 TWA IAM workers). In fact they are closing the whole
TWA operation in the NY area.

AA/TWA says that I can keep my job as long as I transfer to Missouri. I
was born and raised in Brooklyn and am 56 years old. They think that
offing me a job 1500 miles away is all that I am entitled to. I helped
pay the taxes that made up the Airline bailout.

Here are the senator's e-mail addresses:
senator@schumer.senate.gov
senator@clinton.senate.gov
And if you go to the following page and put in your zip, you will be
able to contact your congressman
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Freddie Venezia

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