Comments on: Big Business As Usual at Northwest Airlines

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:24:43 +0000

You are absolutely right! I feel that the stragety NWA used to make the Unions impotent has been in the works for years. I have to hand it to NWA management…the tactics are brilliant (evil and underhanded, yes) but brilliant. It continues even today, Unions are fighting each other and there is infighting within each union.

Realizing there are plenty of hurt feelings and destroyed lives in the wake of the AMFA strike which got no support from any other union on the property, (which I feel was a result of events orchestrated years ago by NWA mgmt) it is high time for all unions on NWA property to try and put the past behind and come together as one to protect what little we have left.

As a side note…All managers that took pay cuts during the bankruptcy have had their pay reinstated to pre-bankruptcy levels. Further, any bonuses or raises they recieved while the company was in bankruptcy they are permitted to keep!

And all I got upon exiting bankruptcy was a coffee mug and a catered dinner. It’s a new day at NWA!!

By: E. Skone

E. Skone — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:53:08 +0000

Could the army meet its enlistment quotas if young men and women were aware of how this country really operates?

By: Harry Shaw

Harry Shaw — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:37:23 +0000

Lydia I read your article on ‘Business As Usual At Northwest’ , while your facts are fairly accurate you failed to clarify a few points.
You stated that pilots and flight attendants were losing 50% of their pay the mechanics were losing over 50% of their jobs. That fact alone should show NWA wanted a strike. Also the rank and file were not as upset at the mechanics as you led readers to believe. The mechanics union AMFA does not belong to the AFL/CIO so the mechanics received no support from ALPA , IAM or the flight attendants union. So for these groups yo be seeking support is much like closing the gate after the cows have gotten out.

Harry Shaw
NWA Mechanic (ret)

By: R D Roberts

R D Roberts — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:13:48 +0000

The link I gave for the Iacocca excerpt seems to have problems. Just look for it on the May 3, 2007 entry at
http://airlinepilotviews.blogspot.com.

By: R D Roberts

R D Roberts — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:06:17 +0000

You’re too right! We’ve been hijacked by corporate carpet baggers. There is an unholy alliance between business and government that is not only Orwellian, it smacks of rising facism. Lee Iaccoca has similar views. Please see an excerpt from his new book, “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?”

Here’s the link:

http://airlinepilotviews.blogspot.com/2007/05/lee-iacocca-where-have-all-leaders-gone.html.