Are you NW's governmental rep, name looks awful familiar?A. Weather was never the issue
B. Not many; only about 30 can be added to flying roles every month
C. The schedule was cut just in case sick calls persisted at the levels of the previous two months. The previous level could have been flown, but only under normal sick unavailability, not during a work action.
Yes, I did, not sure what you're point is. Sick calls are down significantly compared to previous two months. The contract givebacks helped to ease relations and cease the unofficial work action of the previous two months. This should not be a surprise. The pilots won a small victory with their work action, and things are now back to "normal". There's no other way to look at it.