Nw One Story To Public Different Story To Alpa
 

MEC Hotline Friday, Aug. 19th.

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This is Northwest Master Executive Council (MEC) Chairman Mark McClain with a Special NWA MEC Hotline recorded on Friday, August 19, 2005, at 11:03 p.m. Central Time.
AMFA STRIKES – ALPA PILOTS TO REPORT TO WORK (8/19/05)
Management has advised ALPA that operations will likely be affected over the coming days as a result of a large number of aircraft currently out of service and a high volume of MELs on in-service aircraft, so please continue to exercise your patience and professionalism.

We will continue to update you with new information as it becomes available. Please check this Hotline regularly.

NWA Mechanics
 

Show me a person who hates his job, hates his work schedule, hates his wages, hates his boss, hates his company, shows up as late as possible, leaves as early as possibe, does as little work as possible for as much money as possible, is convinced that his company is out to get him personally, has no problem doing things to deliberately hurt or destroy his company, and can tell you the exact number of years, months, days, hours and minutes until he retires but will FIGHT TO THE DEATH to keep this job he loathes so much...

AND I WILL SHOW YOU A UNION WORKER!!

***THE ONLY THING A UNION GUARANTEES YOU IS A BILL===

GO NWA! I AM BOOKING MY NEXT BUSINESS TRIP NOW ON NWA AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR LEGACY CARRIERS!!

--Paul

Kam Chor!!!
 

In Hindi, I think you are referring to these NW mechanics as "Kam Chor". What does this mean (I am not Indian but I know the language)?

Kam = Work
Chor = Thief

Says it all, I think.

-Alan

]Why do u say the mechanics are bad....NWA is bad!!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR]

Anyone ever submitted a bill to NWA for reimbursement for car service? SJC was more than 1 hour from home. I don't need cash- an electronic credit would be fine.[/QUOTE]

We were returning from Paris--the last leg from MSP to RST was cancelled due to weather. My husband had to work the next morning. Consequently, instead of renting a car, we chose a van so we could take 2 elderly couples as they had early morning appointments at the Mayo Clinic--and they had already paid for their hotel rooms in RST. While waiting at the gate to see if the fog would lift, we could sense their distress, so assured them that we would help them get to Rochester if the flight was cancelled. We also invited a police officer to ride with us.

We wrote to NWA and enclosed a copy of our $120 bill , hoping that they would at least reimburse us for that segment of our flight, we heard nothing. Then e-mailed and they said they issued a $10 pp credit for our flight segment. How generous! We never did receive it. For $20 decided it wasn't worth the effort to try to track it down. But we did think that since we helped 5 of their passengers, 4 of which were totally confused and stressed, we thought they might be more generous. This was a year and a half ago.

"Northwest would be a fool to hire any of them back, without severe restrictions and oversight at this point."

I agree, but that's not's what is required by law, to the best of my understanding. I went through a strike, now ancient history, in 1987. It's often referred to as one of the worst strikes in recent labor history, and I still find many citations for it when checking Google or other search engines.

Anyway, the Company wound up hiring permanent replacements. Since the strikers went out on an "Economic Strike", not one based on unfair labor practices ("ULP"), then their jobs were legally fair game. The 1,200 good men and women of Jay, Maine were convinced by their International Union that they would have undying support ... which lasted until the photo ops died down. The union slithered away, leaving a wake of gullible unemployed people in their wake.

However, as jobs opened up -- that is, as "permanent replacements" got sick of the job and decided to quit -- the ex-union people got a chance to hire into what was by then a union free environment. Union strikers were hired back based on their company seniority, but at the bottom of the work ladder. Thus, they wound up acting as low-paid helpers to top-of-the-line operators that were younger in age than the years that the union guy had worked at the mill. In one of my first jobs out of college, I had the "pleasure" of being foreman on a crew of 7 young replacements and seven grizzled veterans, and believe me ... it was a learning experience.

I support NWA 100%!!

May the mechanics suffer for the havoc they cause the traveling public and the livelihoods of the other NW employees their selfishness may ultimately impact.

I know exactly where my mechanic is
 

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MECHANIC IS??

He's walking around in a circle like a trained ape, doing exactly what the BA told him to do, ignoring his responsibility to feed his family. He's deliberately trying to hurt the company that puts food on his table. He's tying his fortunes to a sign on a stick. Only in the union mind is no income better than 75% of what you were making.

"Daddy. why can't we buy groceries this week"?
"Unga-Bunga, me walk picket line for union."

The only thing a union guarantees you is a bill. Good luck, gang. I am booking my business travel in NWA to support the airline.

--Paul

SEA-DTW, SFO-DTW, LAS-DTW and LAX-DTW (both redeyes) all on time, however.

This is all pretty mean spirited when the issue is really about making very tough choices. I see no reason to believe that NW mechanics work less well than those at other airlines, even other legacy airlines. Don't blame the union. NW troubles are due to NW management.

Given what you have seen of NW offers to both mechanics and now FAs would you trust NW management to save your jobs?

I'm here 100% with NW, but the real deal is that everyone loses.

No sympathy from me for the mechanics who really messed up ops for the last few weeks. Truly unprofessional, IMHO. Now, they won't eat. Lose-Lose for all.

It's a much different airline-world than it used to be. :(

The folks on the AMFA website have a survey up that asks the question:
Gee... I wonder what everyone responded. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=VideoPaul]DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MECHANIC IS??

He's walking around in a circle like a trained ape, doing exactly what the BA told him to do, ignoring his responsibility to feed his family. He's deliberately trying to hurt the company that puts food on his table. He's tying his fortunes to a sign on a stick. Only in the union mind is no income better than 75% of what you were making.

I think you are totally off. As a mechanic, how could you possibly support NWA's plan? Here it goes: you vote for the contract NWA offered and you, and or, a large percentage of your friends, co-workers, and collegaues will no longer have a job. I am worried about pending flights, but let's at least try to understand where the mechs are coming from. They are being asked to drastically alter their lifestyle, their compensation, their quality of life. Maybe we don't have to fully understand what they are doing, but I do believe we owe them some compassion. This is not an easy issue for anyone involved.

Will the mechanics cross the picket line?
 

Will any of the mechanics cross the picket line?

We can all hope this strike will be short.

I don't know what planet you live on, but it's not the same one I'm on. I've worked on many construction sites, both union and non union; and with many other people and companies both union and non union. They're all people, all with similar attitudes and goals. The major difference is one of long term commitment- the union workers tend more to view what they do as a career, someting they are committed to staying with until they retire. The non-union workers tend to be more transient, view it more as a job, and have more expectation that they'll be doing something very different a year or five years from now.

When it comes to something highly technical and complex like airplane mechanics, I feel a lot safer when the person doing the work has committed to spending his/her life using those skills than some auto mechanic who was just hired as a temp replacement worker and given a few weeks training.

Those mechanics aren't that highly paid- the complexity of their skill set is IMHO equivalent to the typical IT person, but physical demands of the job are much heavier, yet pay levels are similar or lower. I have a young relative straight out of college, who was just hired by a MPLS computer company, for a starting salery higher than that of an NWA mechanic with 5 years experience.

And, you already had NW97 MSP-HNL and NW96 HNL-MSP cancelled. :(

Gosh, and to think that my S.O. almost booked a ticket on that flight.