My son and I are flying SEA to MSP on the red-eye Monday morning. I'll give a full report then, including my shunning of the NW mechanics as a cross back out their picket line to get to my ride.

In the interim, you can do some spot checks yourself using the Flight & Gate Status feature of http://nwa.com. I did a spot check of MSP/SEA flights this morning, and everything looks peachy! ^

-Alan