Originally Posted by slippahs
so perhaps NW is holding their end of the bargin and really trying to show how the strike isn't affecting ops?
A couple factors working in NW's favor:
(1) Apparent early switch to their fall schedule should make more replacement planes available if they are needed; we might not even be aware of such substitutions if they are done in a timely fashion.
(2) The work slowdown on the part of the mechanics the past few weeks -- the replacements could have some issues and still maintain a better track record than the AMFA mechanics have shown lately.
Problems that cause planes to be taken out of service would not all happen overnight but over several days. Hopefully the replacements will come up to speed as their services are needed; otherwise I would expect to see the effects of the strike as the week unfolds and not much this weekend.