Tue, Aug 23, 2005
Airline Continues To Fly Despite Mechanics' Strike
While Northwest Airlines continues to say it is weathering the
AMFA mechanics' strike virtually unaffected, a recorded telephone
statement from the carrier indicates the airline could cancel as
many as 400 of this week's 9,900 flights worldwide. That would be
about three times the number it had to cancel during the same
period last year.
As NWA continues flying with non-union mechanics, the FAA is
watching. The agency has increased the number of inspectors
monitoring the airline from 46 to 80, according to FAA spokesman
Greg Martin. But the union that represents FAA inspectors, PASS,
put the number at 21 and said ten of those had been pulled off to
monitor maintenance operations at other airlines, according to the
Associated Press.
Still, the airline continued to put
on a brave face during the first two days of the strike. While
admitting there were some initial delays, NWA spokesman Kurt
Ebenhoch told the AP, "We have brought those numbers down
substantially during the course of the weekend, and continue to
make progress in reducing both numbers. Our operating performance
since AMFA called their strike has been similar to other weekends
and Mondays during the month of August."
But union leaders have said they think the situation will get
worse with time, in spite of the 1,900 replacement workers brought
in by the airline to cover for the 4,400 mechanics who walked out
early Saturday morning.
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