Delays/cancellations On The Climb
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alot more cards???? who needs more cards when you hold 5 aces already.
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FA Mikey said:
Actually, NWA may have played it smart there -- if they wind up in a S1113 hearing, it looks a lot worse for the company if they locked out the workgroup rather than negotiate. Since AMFA walked out, they look like the one who won't negotiate.
Honestly, I don't know if NWA is waiting or not. They've got replacements in place, and they're not throwing a lot of revenue at other airlines right now. As long as the cashflow doesn't get cut off, they have no incentive to settle.
But AMFA does have incentive -- once employees start missing mortgage payments and car payments, they'll be pressuring the negotiators to return to the table, and the next offer won't be nearly as "generous" as the last two on the table.
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I wont pass judgement on NW the Mechanics or the AMFA. IMHO i think the wass an ill planned strike at best. I think NW has the upper hand. I feel for every employee that has to suffer. This will be interesting to see what happens. I think the AMFA is losing fast.
By the way are there any legacy carriers doing maintenance work for NW
By the way are there any legacy carriers doing maintenance work for NW
http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/15_Strike_In...RG_2005_NWA.pdf
Sure looks like they have....Tighten your belt and find another job is what their strike resource guide suggests....hope union dues aren't that much per month if thats all they could come up with.
Sure looks like they have....Tighten your belt and find another job is what their strike resource guide suggests....hope union dues aren't that much per month if thats all they could come up with.
Another factor, how long are the replacements going to stay. A lot of these guys are from the contrator gypsy world. They are only in it for the bucks. If you piss them off and they think the money isn't worth it, they will quit at the drop off the hat. I think a bunch of them are on short term contracts that have a bonus if they stay to the end. When that date comes they are gone. Many are also fair weather guys. They are used to working in the MRO hangars of AZ, AL, and NC.
I worked as a contractor on a ANG base in upstate NY for a couple of years. We had a long term support contract and only hired guys for the long haul, but we shared the hangar with a Lockheed Mod contract crew. As soon as the snow started flying they started leaving. They had a real hard time manning that mod crew in the winter.
I really think NW is going to have a hard time finding quality permenent replacement Line Mechanics for the striking AMFA guys.
I worked as a contractor on a ANG base in upstate NY for a couple of years. We had a long term support contract and only hired guys for the long haul, but we shared the hangar with a Lockheed Mod contract crew. As soon as the snow started flying they started leaving. They had a real hard time manning that mod crew in the winter.
I really think NW is going to have a hard time finding quality permenent replacement Line Mechanics for the striking AMFA guys.
From another website, it was said that AMFA unions dues were $60 per month with no strike fund. The IAMs dues are about $40 per month with strike fund ($100 a week, not much or meant to pay all your bills, but it will put food on the table.)NWAMSP said:
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[quote=TheDog2004,Aug 22 2005, 03:02 PM]
If the strike starts to really have an impact on the bottom line, then Northwest will file for bankruptcy and have more options in order to stay solvent.
You see dog the mechanics don’t have to come back to work just because NWAC files bankruptcy. They don’t have to come back until Northwest gets serious about the value of the AMT to the safe operation of the airlines. There seeing right now how over valued the supervisor and managers there are.
If the strike starts to really have an impact on the bottom line, then Northwest will file for bankruptcy and have more options in order to stay solvent.
You see dog the mechanics don’t have to come back to work just because NWAC files bankruptcy. They don’t have to come back until Northwest gets serious about the value of the AMT to the safe operation of the airlines. There seeing right now how over valued the supervisor and managers there are.
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4 flts out of 8 delayed today at my station (2 of these were for "unscheduled maintenance.").
aafsc said:
Instead of a strike fund the NWA mechs have been earning $20,000 base, more than we have since May of 2003. That is their strike fund and it will go a lot further than $100 per week.
By the way my TWU dues are over $50/month and we have no strike fund.
DalMD88 said:
Wake up, that is how it works in the real world. I don't go to work for the fun of it. I go to work for "the bucks", and if my boss pisses me off, I quit. I've done it before and will do it again if necessary.
Interesting that you didn't mention the hot, sticky August weather of MEM.
