A NW Volunteer Program?
 

Hi All,

I know this is a random question, but in December I was flying DCA-DTW the Saturday before Christmas. It was a very elite light plane and there were a ton of op-ups (I was in First, naturally). The person who boarded the plane in front of me wore a NW badge that had in big letters at the top "Volunteer." Although he was up front I was not sitting near here, otherwise I would have been sure to ask him what the duties and benefits of being a volunteer were.

Has anyone heard of a NW Volunteer program? (I swear I had only been at the WC for an hour, so I couldn't have been too far gone...) Does anyone know the duties and responsibilities? Benefits?

Could have been a number of programs he was involved in:

ASSIST (don't recall what the letters actually stand for)- which is a program consisting of 100s of employees throughout the system who are utilitzed in the event of an aircraft accident (dealing with information, the families, and vendors/etc required when a disaster occurs). Training programs are held a number of times each year.

Habitat for Humanity- many familiar with this. NW has a number of employees who volunteer on behalf of the airline.

Employee Appreciation Events- staffing for registration/information booths, coordinating, etc. The last one I remember was in November, if memory serves me correctly at the Mall of America/Camp Snoopy.

NW Retirees - there is a volunteer program for retirees who work in various airports assisting with providing information/assistance to customers.

Thanks for the information, my guess is that he was one of those NW retirees probably assisting with the craziness around the holidays.

Drat... gotta be an employee.
 

Wonder if they'd consider recruiting us FTers. ;)

I believe those people are the ones that are there in case of emergency, they may have occupations such as emt, firefighter, police officer etc as their day job.