Official NWA strike update thread...

[cheyflyer]

This could have been over with real quick if ALPA would have stepped up and said "we aren't flying planes our mechanics dont fix" and honored their strike! Hopefully no one gets hurt before its over.

 

[Publishers]

All the rhetoric aside, the fact is that they do not feel that it is in their interest, period, explanation mark. The Eastern mechanics were exactly of the same mentality that exists here.

The point someone made about the unskilled workers, that too was right on. Not that they are unskilled but do not have common issues other than wanting more money.

 

[densoo]

Interesting that the media's impression is that other unions wouldn't typically cross the strike line, but this time they are.

Reuters
4:04 p.m. ET Aug. 22, 2005

NEW YORK - Northwest Airlines Corp.'s success in keeping its planes flying even after its mechanics walked off the job early Saturday could embolden other companies to play hardball with their unions...

Especially grave for the Northwest mechanics is that members of their fellow unions seem to have had few qualms about crossing the picket lines, he said...

"If things continue as they are, the strike is effectively over and AMFA will be badly defeated," said John Budd, a professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. "That has risks for the future of AMFA at Northwest and doesn't bode very well for the flight attendants who are next in line."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9043611/

I think we're all "next in line."