NWA CEO Steenland letter to employees

[Napoleon TNT]

If pilot absenteeism is a huge part of the problem, why doesn't Steenland address a solution in his letter?

He is.

Compass will receive their first aircraft in a few months, and Mesaba is already receiving the largest airplane that any NWA AIRLINK has ever flown.

If one group doesn't want to fly, then they'll just find another group that will fly it cheaper.

 

[Redmeat]

The NWA July parings actually have 7 leg days on some schedules.

Suck it up man!!!

The Red book guys are all counting on you!!!

(Hopefully the sarcasm is obviouse).

 

[PHXFLYR]

The NWA July parings actually have 7 leg days on some schedules.

YIKES!!! I didn't even do that during my Pt 135 commuter days!!
PHXFLYR

 

[pilotdiscretion]

Vote Blue Book!

 

[castle bravo]

How about- let the furloughees vote?

 

[Vikedog64]

I have a feeling the ONLY way moral will ever get better at Northwest is if Steenland is booted out.

Crappy morale is a corporate culture. Nothing will change the morale at Northwest.

 

[Ace McCoy]

I feel for the pilots,flight attendants and mechs but I've given up on NW until they get a real leader

Don't worry about the mechs they are all scabs.

 

[vtwo]

I feel for the pilots,flight attendants and mechs but I've given up on NW until they get a real leader

Pilots yes, Fa's Yes, SCAB MECHANICS HELL NO,

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

I hate it, yes I do, what can i do about it? Nothing. When it happens again, I might just take my time to eat then go to the plane, and not care about the on time departure.

This is what I did last time something like that happened. I was on reserve at the time.

Hey, scheduling - you guys didn't give me any time to eat today. I'm gonna take a break at some point, and it won't be when it's convenient for you. What can we do?

They pulled a turn off a crappy schedule.

Or call SOC/DX and tell them you're taking a break for some food. Don't go get lobster off-airport like the NWA guy, but sit down and eat something!

I've done this multiple times and have never been called to defend myself by anyone.

Try it, you'll like it.

 

[Lear70]

Used to do this pretty regularly at PCL. Never once got anything more than a phone call.

We were on 4- and 5-day trips, no way you can bring enough food for that, nor should you have to.

Scheduling pilots right to the very edge of fatigue and nutrition issues has gotten WAY out of hand, and it has to stop.

Kudos to you guys who stop the show to do what needs to be done. If enough people did this, they'd simply reschedule in a livable way...

 

[405]

nevermind

 

[stlflyguy]

"- Absenteeism: Pilot absenteeism increased by 80 percent in June
2007 versus June 2006 and by 40 percent in June 2007 versus May
2007. These absenteeism increases primarily involved a minority
of NWA narrow-body pilots."

Funny, the remark about absenteeism doesn't reveal whether that's due to being out sick or calling in fatigued. I think it'd be interesting to know the actual breakdown, especially after hearing about seven leg days, etc.

stlflyguy

 

[Poahi]

Why isn't NWA ALPA defending its pilots?

 

[Whataboutbob]

This was the most recent thread I saw about NWA so I will post a question here, sorry if its off topic.

I was driving down 494 in MSP past the NWA hangers today (7-09-07) and saw three or four A319's sitting there with all the NWA markings pulled off, looks like they are gettting ready to be parked. Any information on how many are going and if this is the beginning or the end of the process?

 

[mynameisjim]

This was the most recent thread I saw about NWA so I will post a question here, sorry if its off topic.

I was driving down 494 in MSP past the NWA hangers today (7-09-07) and saw three or four A319's sitting there with all the NWA markings pulled off, looks like they are gettting ready to be parked. Any information on how many are going and if this is the beginning or the end of the process?

Sad isn't it?

There were a few more last week. I had heard that seven were being parked right now.