Potential for long strike emerges

Last update: August 25, 2005 at 12:29 AM

Liz Fedor and Joy Powell, Star Tribune


Northwest Airlines said Wednesday that it is prepared to use replacement mechanics "for an indefinite period of time," suggesting that it's willing to endure a long strike.

Meanwhile, the national director of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) agreed with that assessment in an interview with the Star Tribune.

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