Let's just say, think about the absolute worst day in your flying career. Now multiply that by a factor of 10 every day that you are working.
NW wasn't always an awful place to work. It used to be a fun place to work, great pay and work as much or as little as one wanted. The career was just as advertised. "SEE THE WORLD AND GET PAID!" Maybe only one out of a hundred applicants even made it to an interview. The criteria was tough. One really could put a feather in their cap if they became a NW Flight Attendant.
One was compensated for their talents. Show me
an applicant who can speak English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Japanese today. I can, and many of us orthopedic shoe wearing sky hags are multilingual.
Today's airlines don't seem to understand that it costs money to live in the U.S. And the majority of us are based in the most expensive cities in the U.S. When I started, I lived in a "Stew Zoo". The kids are starting to go back to that style of living again. I couldn't do that any more.
I guess the price at NW for lower ticket prices are dirty planes and indifferent employees. We're not going to go that extra mile for the customer or the company. We're going to do just enough and what's in our TCE. No more.
I have a future though and it doesn't include NW. I'm staying long enough to use up my sick bank while I get my goat farm established.
At least the goats love me and don't give me grief!
