Originally Posted by DHAST
Pilots and FA's WANT to stay on schedule. They do not get paid an hourly wage and overtime like many employees do. With some exceptions, if they get back to their base late, that is time that comes out of their pocket, so to speak. Time not spent with family, or, if they commute, possibly missing their last flight to their real home.
This is good! ^
I hope that you speak for the majority of mechanics and pilots. I travel a lot to Vancouver, B.C. to visit my brother-in-law in Abbotsford. I have heard a lot of talk on 1130 AM about the Telus line workers (I think that is the local phone company up there) strike. There have been numerous incidents of sabotage of phone lines, along with their customer care call center getting flooded at strategic times with frivolous calls. This makes me nervous as a frequent NW PAX. I don't think the strong arming tactic really works, and I hope that NW mechanics realize this. It will only backfire on them and, potentially, the rest of the employees of NW. It will also impact customers -- especially in markets where NW is the only player or major carrier, such as MSP.
-Alan