This is screwing up our lives.
Wade Blaufuss
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Under the Railway Labor Act, it is legal for us to strike, and we will fight it in a court of law, if the company chooses to contest that.
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If Northwest does not back off from the remaining open issues, then they can expect us to do what's necessary to defend our careers.
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Hopefully, the extra time will allow us to reach an agreement, but in order for that to happen, management must stop overreaching. Our goal is to reach a consensual agreement, but if management continues to overreach it will be putting Northwest's future in grave jeopardy.
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This regional jet flying issue is so crucial to our careers that any negotiated agreement that would lose any of that flying would be a significant setback for our pilots.
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They have been doing some serious negotiating all night, I think they only had a few-hour break in the wee hours of the morning.
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It's a bitter pill to swallow. It's like a grieving process. First, there's feelings of anger and denial, and eventually, some pilots may reach that point of acceptance that this is a necessary sacrifice.
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It's a bitter pill to swallow.
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Progress has been slow but there has been progress. Negotiators are meeting around the clock.
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