[Northwest] may be able to handle a strike by one group, but there's no way it can handle a strike by two groups at the same time.

Northwest management has a tendency to misjudge the will of the pilots group.

We're much closer to settling today than yesterday. It's looking much more optimistic. We're hopeful to have a deal for the court on Wednesday.

We're most disturbed by the company's issuing notices of furlough to people they just got done recalling. We think that it shows a callous disregard for these individuals and their lives.

We're most disturbed by the company's issuing notices of furlough to people they just got done recalling, ... We think that it shows a callous disregard for these individuals and their lives.

We're going to fight that vigorously. If the company were to have its way, we would be looking at losing literally thousands of jobs to overseas labour. This is something that we have not seen at any other airline. United (Airlines) in its worst days has never tried to do this.