"The amounts of money involved are so large, and it's
so difficult to unscramble the egg after the fact, we figured even
if there's the remotest chance that the election would have to be
rerun we would err on the side of caution here and hold up the
money."
Source: David Borer, general counsel for the
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA at Northwest Airlines.
Substantial payouts for the airline's 8,100 FA's are currently on
hold, as the union investigates charges of voter fraud in the
recent ratification vote of a new contract.