Is The Strike Hitting The Flights That Hurt?

[AA191]

It would seem that if you really wanted to make a dent in the revenue flows, then flights into and out of Asia would be the ones that would have an extreme negative impact on cash flow. Have any of the Asian flights been canceled yet?

Don't give up and stick to your guns!

 

[AA191]

Have an Asia flights been effected by the strike?

 

[eolesen]

Have an Asia flights been effected by the strike?

[post="292441"][/post]​

Not that I've heard of. But I'm told NWA has have management teams working the international widebodies, and not contractors/replacements.

 

[aafsc]

Not that I've heard of. But I'm told NWA has have management teams working the international widebodies, and not contractors/replacements.

[post="292445"][/post]​

This is interesting. NW's Pacific system basically consists of 1 or 2 flights a day to NRT from large American cities (HNL, SFO, LAX, PDX, SEA, DTW, MSP, and JFK). But from NRT they go to all the other Asian cities and I don't believe their NRT AMTs are on strike. So I would think that their Pacific division is holding up rather well. NW has only to make sure that these 8-10 NRT bound flights leave on time to protect a good part of their revenue.

 

[AA191]

Rats - Those would have been good flights that economically could have effected NW.

 

[Bob Owens]

Management?

I dont know which is worse, a guy who hasnt touched a wrench in 20 years or a scab.

From what I hear a lot of NWAs management are retiring rather than returning to the floor.

 

[Kev3188]

Before the strike, the mgmt. that was here only focused on the Int'l flight(s). They didn't do much, except try to look involved.

Not for nothing, but our flt to NRT has only taken 1 delay so far....

 

[TWU informer]

Attached are pics x took of the recovery.

Note the lack of damage to the nose gear area, the doors weren't open. When they got the airplane back up, the nose gear was up and locked, and they were able to manually crank it down.

Clearly this is a maintenance issue.

 

[JS]

Rats - Those would have been good flights that economically could have effected NW.

[post="292466"][/post]​

You are aware that AMFA doesn't tell NW which flights to cancel, right?

 

[eolesen]

Note the lack of damage to the nose gear area, the doors weren't open. When they got the airplane back up, the nose gear was up and locked, and they were able to manually crank it down.

Clearly this is a maintenance issue.

Yep. And certainly a bit suspicious since it took place in the days leading up to the strike.

 

[Winglet]

Did the aircrew try to hand crank the nose gear down while inflight??

 

[MCI transplant]

Did the aircrew try to hand crank the nose gear down while inflight??

[post="292619"][/post]​

<_< Another concern! The area just aft of the nose gear is the E&E compartment ( Elecronics compartment) That's where the majority of your black box's are located. Was there any strucural damage in that area??? In otherwords, what looks minor, could in fact be something else intirely!!!!But from the pictures it would seem they were pretty lucky!

 

[keeptheodds]

Gentlemen this strike is over for Northwest. There is no stopping the momentum now.

PS: Who let the air out of the tires in Baltimore?

 

[coolflyingfool]

What is holding up the nose of the plane? They look like innertubes of some sort. I would not think that they could hold up the nose of a 747. Just wondering.............

 

[eolesen]

What is holding up the nose of the plane? They look like innertubes of some sort. I would not think that they could hold up the nose of a 747. Just wondering.............

[post="292680"][/post]​

More or less an airbag with heavier rubber. If two tires hold up the nose of a 747, why wouldn't an airbag?

Unofficially, I'm told the crew knew they had gear up but didn't try to manually drop the doors or the nosegear.