Mark McClain
Mark McClain
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We feel that we can get a better settlement in negotiations voluntarily with Northwest management than we can get through the bankruptcy court,
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We continue to meet with Northwest management in an effort to reach a consensual agreement, but the outcome will be decided by management's actions at the negotiating table. Our goal is not to strike, but we will retain all legal self-help options if management forces our hand.
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We're willing to reach a consensual agreement that satisfies Northwest's need to be competitive. But Northwest is trying to bust the union. They're trying to undo decades of collective bargaining.
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Our goal is not to strike, but we will retain all legal self-help options if management forces our hand.
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Executive compensation is an obscenity that is thrust upon this entire society.
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That is not where we need to be, ... We're looking at other ways to satisfy their financial concerns without destroying our contract. ... We would like to get a deal but we will we will not do a bad deal in the interest of timeliness. It has to satisfy the concerns of our members.
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It's a corporate shell game of transferring assets and franchise value to a new company.
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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.
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It's not in the best interest of Northwest Airlines to operate in this type of environment long-term.
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Thirty days is a very short period of time,
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Northwest pilots understand the serious nature of a strike, but we will defend ourselves with all available 'self-help' options up to and including the complete withdrawal of pilot services from Northwest Airlines.
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Northwest has always bargained hard, but ALPA has always bargained hard. We don't intend to gut the contract now.
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Northwest employees should not pick up an inordinate amount of the fuel costs.