(Bell) had good answers, but its too early to say if I'll vote for him. |
At this point, it is incumbent upon Northwest management to not squander our significant sacrifices, but to intelligently pursue a course that enables us to emerge from bankruptcy as a proud and profitable airline. |
Despite today’s filing, the collective bargaining agreement between ALPA and NWA remains in full effect. We expect NWA to honor the spirit of the agreements it made with pilots who have invested so much in their company. |
Every time (Northwest negotiators) get at the table and they think they have an advantage, they want to gut the contract. |
Executive compensation is an obscenity that is thrust upon this entire society. |
He was a hardworking man. He volunteered. Pleasant Valley has a soup kitchen on Thursday. He worked every Thursday. He'd help out with Malta. He used to come out with us even. But he wouldn't give up the drinking, so we had to ask him to stop coming out with us. |
I think we can avoid bankruptcy. But people are going to have to step up to the plate and deal with the realities of the financial situation. |
If we strike, the company will be liquidated. |
It's a corporate shell game of transferring assets and franchise value to a new company. |
It's a sad day for Northwest. A lot of us have given decades of our lives to this airline. This is not where you want to see it end up. Now, here we are. It's a tragedy. |
It's not in the best interest of Northwest Airlines to operate in this type of environment long-term. |
Management's arrogant and excessive demands are unacceptable and are putting Northwest's future in serious jeopardy. |
Northwest employees should not pick up an inordinate amount of the fuel costs. |
Northwest has always bargained hard, but ALPA has always bargained hard. We don't intend to gut the contract now. |
Northwest is running out of time. New labor agreements will be in place this fall _ either voluntarily or through the bankruptcy court. We think we can fare better through voluntary negotiations than by having an agreement mandated by a bankruptcy judge. |