That is Dougie's flawless plane there 700!
You misunderstood. I was referring to the performance of the work being done (both in-house and outside), which can be measured in various ways, but is always measured using some sort of volume as the denominator, and some sort of maintenance related metric as the numerator. Thus, the resulting "performance" figures that are compared now vs. then are volume adjusted. That is the case with any type of operational measurement, they are always adjusted for changes in flying, A/C, or whatever volume driver is most appropriate to measure that particular operation.
I wasn't talking about you, Bob. Although I may not agree with you a majority of your points, you always make well thought out arguments that often make me reconsider my opinions.
Like I said...Finny's moto: "If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, blind 'em with bullshit".
just stating the obvious finny ol boy. Debating with you is pointless, you see everything from a numbers/statistics angle which we all know are manipulated in order to achieve a desired result. You sit at a desk reading charts, crunching numbers and then pretend you know something about maintenance because you are smarter than mechanics(so you think). Your a babbling fool who probably has to get someone to put air in his tires because he is afraid to get his hands dirty, or to change his oil because he has no idea where the oil plug is, yet your an expert on what a fine maintenance program NWA has.
...yea your a shoe shining, coffee making, bootlicking, pencil pushing, company suck up! 
Don't like it? then use your ignore key. 
You would be grossly mistaken. Let's just say that I'm not your stereotypical "bean counter". I've likely spent more time in my life fixing and building fencelines, operating (and maintaining) heavy haying machinery, and working cattle in Montana on my parents family ranch than I've spent here in Minnesota in a cubicle. I'd still be there today, but it's not a big enough ranch to support more than one family, and the land prices have escelated to the point where the cost of entry is too high.
So how do you know those numbers weren't "fudged". I know from working as a manager that I've seen people fudge their numbers, create these ghost inventories to get a pleaseant bonus at the end. (I think in this case its KEEP YOUR JOB)
my understanding by talking to one of them this wasn't exactly volunteering. Either you go do it or look for another job. That's what I was told by one guy who was on their "IOE".
Well perhaps we saw how scabs work on "empirical observation" where I even witnessed myself 2 scabs trying to install a new lightbulb on a wingtip. Plane took a delay because these guys clearly didn't know what they were doing. Finally a NW scab comes along and shows them tenderly how to instal it. WOW. Delay due to fixing a lightbulb. That's complete ineffeciecy.
Most of them found jobs paying almost the same or a little less WITHOUT SCABBING. You obviously haven't talked to many flight attendants. Or maybe you just don't understand how bad the TA is. PFAA has agreed to give away basic work rules that have taken years to get. My guess is PFAA and NW know this TA isn't gonna pass or this letter would never have been written by Boda.
I think you're probably right.
A Lot of good points. So does this mean I'm invited to the strike party? I could whip up batch of devilled eggs or something.
