Okay... this is just rich (excerpt from a NW Strike article on the Star Tribune website):

Northwest flight attendants voted not to honor the strike, but the union said it would fight on behalf of any individuals who did not cross the AMFA picket lines.

I think this statement by the FA union is a load of crap. Let me demonstrate by applying the same logic to my conduct when I fly NW: I, Poopdeck90210, do hearby proclaim that the next flight I fly in coach, I promise not to cross the line into FC to use the FC bathrooom, stand in line in front of the cockpit door to wait for the bathroom to free up, and to not put my carry on luggage in the FC overhead. But I will fight and argue with NW crew members in case I decide to do some or all of these things anyway.

Bill Mellon, a Northwest spokesman, said the offer included job protections for 80 percent of the mechanics on the payroll and up to a maximum of 26 weeks of severance payments for laid-off workers

Wow! This severance offering is as good as management normally gets in corporate america. ^

-Alan