Will NWA and the Mechs agree?

[Dodge]

We have already taken our first round about 20%. The next one will be about
30% more. You are right about the race to the bottom.



Dave B

Best of luck to all the NWA pilots.

 

[WillowRunVortex]

Best of luck to all the NWA pilots.

Yeah my bud, DC-9 Cap made $138,000. Now with the 15% cut he only makes 118,000. We have already set up a relief fund for him and his children. Deciding which children will go to what families in the neighborhood etc. Don't worry, we protect our own. They will be well taken care of.

 

[castle bravo]

Don't worry, we protect our own. They will be well taken care of.

You'll get a few real chuckles out of the furloughees on that one.

 

[castle bravo]

Seroiusly however, good luck to the NWA pilots.

 

[Workin'Stiff]

Judge rules Mesaba mechanics cannot strike
John Reinan, Star Tribune
August 20, 2005 MESABA0820.OLUPDATE


Union mechanics at Mesaba Aviation are forbidden from taking part in any strike, work stoppage or slowdown in support of Northwest Airlines mechanics, a federal judge ruled today.

U.S. District Judge David Doty issued a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order that prevents Mesaba members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) from joining in a potential strike at 11:01 tonight by more than 4,000 AMFA members at Northwest. There are about 270 AMFA members at Mesaba, which handles regional flights under contract with Northwest.

Doty ordered the union to give written, hand-delivered notice of his ruling to every mechanic and to take disciplinary action against any mechanic who violates it.

Also today, Northwest sought a similar injunction to prevent its flight attendants from launching a sympathy strike, sick-out or any other job action in support of a mechanics' strike. There was no ruling today on the injunction.

The Professional Flight Attendants Association, which represents about 10,000 Northwest flight attendants, is voting on whether to call a sympathy strike on behalf of the mechanics. Voting closed at 5 p.m. today, but the union has not released the results.

Northwest wants its flight attendants to take pay cuts averaging about 20 percent.

John Reinan is at [email protected].

http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5569725.html

 

[miles otoole]

Yeah my bud, DC-9 Cap made $138,000. Now with the 15% cut he only makes 118,000. We have already set up a relief fund for him and his children. Deciding which children will go to what families in the neighborhood etc. Don't worry, we protect our own. They will be well taken care of.

Lovely-Do you realize that he makes more than the average doctor in the U.S.? Don't see too many of them complaining about selling kids to make ends meet. Hard to feel sorry for some guy making $118,000 a year. BTW, the average doctor is probably still paying for his education.

 

[WillowRunVortex]

Lovely-Do you realize that he makes more than the average doctor in the U.S.? Don't see too many of them complaining about selling kids to make ends meet. Hard to feel sorry for some guy making $118,000 a year. BTW, the average doctor is probably still paying for his education.

I was being sarcastic. You obviously got my point.

 

[Green]

Miles,



I think your doctor info is off. Probably an outdated salary survey.

 

[Green]

Pharmacists were quoted in the paper with salaries starting (that's right first year pay) at 85-95k. I would think doctors make significantly more than pharmacists. And yes I do believe everything i read in the USA today! lol

 

[Diesel-9]

MR Otoole. Actually that figure is low for a DC-9 Captain last year. What do you think is a fair salary? I flew that seat last year making much more than that. Every neighbor around me makes as much or more with jobs with significantly less responsibility and they certainly didn't go thru a screening process that myself and 9 classmates that were hired that month went thru. Most of us had or had credit towards a Masters Degrees with 2-3 years of military flight training. My brother in-law is a new Dr. making $350,000+ in his first year after 12+ years of school with a $140,000 loan. He plans to pay it off in 3-4 years. His pay willl double in 2 years.

 

[mynameisjim]

Well now that they are on strike, I'm interested to see how the contigency plan works, and if other unions support AMFA. It's going to be a long night for me.

 

[reospeedwagon]

what about the flight attendants? Are they going to strike also or were they just talking a big game?

 

[FLOPSouth]

Dispatcher


What's your source? Another website contrdicts your info.

 

[Av8rPHX]

Source I have is an active NW FA, and their info was the same as dispatcher's.

 

[FLOPSouth]

Good enough. No one has replyed to the same question on Airliners.net.

Glad to see them standing-up for what they believe. Best wishes.

Thanks

Southside

 

[NuGuy]

There is always someone willing to do your job cheaper. Just look at the U.S border.

Irony of it is, that the Governors of New Mexico and Arizona have declared states of emergency due to the influx of border violence.

Seems people can run across fast enough....

Nu

 

[Lear70]

Well, If your right thats unfortunate for NWA ALPA. Cause it is only gonna take 20% to not fly to shut the airline down. NWA trained a WOPPING 12oo FA's. Not nearly enough,,,even for just the severe PFAA membership 20% of 11,000= 2200). YEEEAAAHHH...BABY!

Hey Vortex,

What happened to all that PFAA support for AMFA?

Where's that sympathy strike?

Yeah, that's what I thought... all talk and no action from the F/A group.

Not that the pilot side is any better; I'm personally a bit disappointed in ALPA for not taking a more aggressive stance against management's actions.