767 - nearly a lineholder if I went to the international side. Bid with 500 slots supposed to come out Friday, or Monday.
Regardless, with North West's history of breaking unions and telling their inflight folks to consider "looking for their treasure in other people's garbage," I simply will not work for NorthWest. Put Steenland in charge and I would fax in my resignation.
Fortunately NWA's own Board agrees with me and told Doug to shut up and start packing. From today's Wall St. Journal:
One of the concerns at Northwest was whether Chief Executive Doug Steenland and his team would retain top management roles. At a meeting on Friday, the Northwest board overruled Steenland's concerns and urged him to renew the talks. Negotiators from both companies went back to work on Monday, the Journal said.
...and I intend no disrespect for the great people of NWA. The fact that NWAs' pilots have held it together with a very safe record with all the crap going down over there with junior guys and senior guys at each other's throats is a huge credit to the focus and discipline of the pilot group. If merged with Delta, it would be a very good day to be a North West pilot. A VERY good day indeed.
For a Delta pilot, you have to ask yourself, do I want to work for NorthWest? Pilots have been too passive IMHO. Time to call it what it is and re-evaluate career decisions.