Originally Posted by
nwaf16dude
The company's "last, best offer" to the mechanics eliminated something like 40% of the mechanic jobs, so AMFA walked out. Management had replacement mechanics waiting, and ALPA didn't support the strike (none of the other unions either). The company barely missed a beat. This all happened in the year or so prior to the bankruptcy filing.
For one thing, NWA mgmt is top notch in long term planning. They didn't plan to axe all the mx and customer service agents overnight. It was a well planned, organized move that took years to hatch. The Mx didn't stand a chance, so were the service agents. The NWA i know does not care one bit about their employees, as long as the upper managers make the cut and make the BOD happy. And sadly, it transcends into most of the rank and file within the company, and eventually the flying public suffers.
I agree that RA is a nice guy, but he's still mgmt. At least he takes the time to make the tough pill a easy to swallow for the labor groups. He has much better people skills than his predecessor.