northwest airlines, WTF??

[fatdaddycool]

NW will not go tits up, all labor unions with the exception of the flight attendants have agreed to a contract.(with their hands tied behind their back).I cant comment on over seas maintenence, but in the US the maintenence is farmed out at smaller stations to the airport maintenence, for example in MSN, wisconsin aviation does maintenence work on not just NW planes but all the carriers that fly in. Unless the problem is too great then say, NW would send their own mechanics from one of the hubs down to work on the plane. These are NW mechanics. Mark my words, when NW comes out of bankruptcy in 2007, the ceos and all upper management will pay themselves huge million daollar bonuses. That is where the problem lies, they just asked their workers to take cuts to bail them out, then they'll give themselves a bonus for a job well done. In a nut shell most airlines NW, AA, Delta, continental, United are really not that much different. A lot of times it just comes down to the person whom is serving you, in otherwrds the customer service aspect.

Northwest did not reach an agreement with all their labor unions my friend, that is simply untrue.
The mechanics walked out on strike. NW filed for bankruptcy and imposed a wage scale on replacement workers and scabs that crossed the picket line...........trust me when I tell you that there was no agreement.
Also, the contract maintenance you are speaking of is done at smaller airports around the nation as larger airlines cannot staff them all with mechanics.

As far as all airlines being the same, I will continue to fly AA as they are the ONLY carrier still performing their own maintenance. Make sure you have the facts friend.

 

[marine]

Jack,

my opinion - sidestep is nice, but kayak gives you a LOT better views and tools... QUICKER.
sidestep always seemed to take forever to make an alterations of my original itinerary.

 

[BUCKY1]

my apologies , i wasn't counting the AMFA union, because quite frankly I don't think they will ever settle since the airline is still up and running and a lot of the scabs you are referring to were the ex-mechanics that crossed. Other than that detail, what facts are you refering to?

 

[The Sponge]

hey fatdaddycool who was the airline who wanted to have pitcrews from nascar train their mechanics? Boy just what i want to look at while im boarding my flight. Wrenches flying, bolts everywhere, and someone pushing my plane from behing just to try to make an extra dollar.

 

[marine]

Sponge,

I think it was United.

 

[fatdaddycool]

Bucky,
Just those facts that the company never settled with AMFA and the mechanics, however, I do not completely fault the company on that one. AMFA has a long history of failure and misguided leadership and sold those mechanics a bill of goods that they never intended to honor. Very unfortunate but you get what you ask for sometimes.

Sponge,
It was UNITED that tried that little marketing ploy.

 

[BUCKY1]

Well put fatdaddycool.