The Spark Newspaper articlesNorthwest Airlines: The figures don’t add up!
Northwest Airlines recently announced that it was calling back about 500 more workers of the 9000 that it laid off following September 11.
After the attacks, all the airlines cut back on flights. Northwest cut its schedule by 20 percent. But the Northwest schedule is now only about 11½ percent smaller than last spring’s schedule. In other words, the airline has restored close to half of the flights it had cancelled.
It has not called back anywhere near half of the 9000 workers it laid off. In fact, the 500 re-hires just announced brings the total to only a little over 800, less than one tenth of those laid off.
What are they cutting back on? Maintenance?