- Jul 23, 2003
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Usa Today: Mechanics Strike At Northwest Appears Over
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OUCH!
That's gonna leave a mark. B)
As NHBBs would say: There ain't no real unions left (other than longshoremen).
Gonna be sad holiday season at lots and lots of houses. Maybe Delle will deliver presents to his lemmings', uhh, I mean . . . members' children.
That's gonna leave a mark. B)
As NHBBs would say: There ain't no real unions left (other than longshoremen).
Gonna be sad holiday season at lots and lots of houses. Maybe Delle will deliver presents to his lemmings', uhh, I mean . . . members' children.
I'm sure they will be ok, after all they earned at least $40,000 more than I did over the last two years.
That extra $40 k will give them a good running start to a new career or help them ride this out for a few more months.
By the way from what I've heard from the guys who quit AA and went to Con Ed not only do they like their new job but the company likes having guys with the diverse skills they posess.
PlayTheOdds
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I really do believe this whole deal was set up for a Northwest and Delta merger or buyout between the two.
Rumor floating around: Northwest is going to get rid of all its DC-9 fleet.
The DC-10 fleet has already been removed from service. I haven’t seen one here at DTW for a month now.
Rumor floating around: Northwest is going to get rid of all its DC-9 fleet.
The DC-10 fleet has already been removed from service. I haven’t seen one here at DTW for a month now.
Well considering no mechanics outside of Delta airlines would work next to a SCAB, there would be problems.
PlayTheOdds
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I don't understand what you are trying to say here. What do you mean they will be out on the street?
Well if thats the case then the AMFA guys will be better off than all the rest.
When Delta took over Pan Am they made all sorts of promises to the former Pan Am workers, who were encouraged to keep giving concessions by the TWU, only to break every one of them.
NWAs current workers are simply sacrificing their personal economic standing in order to make it a better aquisition for someone else. Once aquired, the new company will simply discard those same workers. Just like Delta did with the Pan Am workers.
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PlayTheOdds
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Bob, wouldn't that depend on who the controlling company is? I think Northwest is the stronger of the two but who knows who will come out on top after the two bankruptcies.
robbedagain
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Wouldnt Delta be the stronger one? I say that because it sounds like that NWA has to use a lot of its resources on paycuts and as for fleet wise, arent they hurting it more than what it really says?I thought that DAL was stronger due to only one union to deal with the rest they can easily get without the need to negogiate?
PlayTheOdds
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We asked the MAP's if there was a possibility of a Northwest/Delta merger. They said that anything is possible but that they had heard nothing of the sort and that it was highly unlikely. One of them then went on to say that the last merger Northwest went through with (Reliant?) was an absolute disaster. What was that all about?
That was the Republic Airlines merger, they were taken over by NWA sometime in the mid 1980's, and yes that was a disaster at least from the maintenance stand point. DTW was a hub city for both Republic and NW. I believe they just merged the lists and put the two work groups together never adjusting the pay, so you would have a NW guy and a Republic guy working together on the same job with one making quite a bit more $$$ than the other. Not a friendly work enviroment!!
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Stay AWAY,.........FAR AWAY !!
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