MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--No one has formally proposed a merger involving Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA), but flight attendants on Tuesday said if there is one, they want a raise.
The conditions laid out by the flight attendants follows similar expectations set down by pilots last week.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said it could support a merger if it includes job protections, stock or other equity in the combined airline "no less favorable than that granted to any other employee group, including management," and "substantial improvements in compensation and work rules" over the current contract.
The union also called on Northwest management to update them on the status of a potential merger.
Northwest, which emerged from bankruptcy on May 31, has declined to comment on the merger talk. In a hot line message for employees on Saturday, Chief Executive Doug Steenland said, "It's because of you and the airline that we created through our restructuring that everybody is so interested in us."
Reports last week said Northwest Airlines has entered into formal merger discussions with Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) and will look for another partner if Delta tries to merge with UAL Corp.'s (UAUA) United Airlines instead.
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I think that it is admirable that your union had the "We will support the merger if..." talk with NWA management but do you really think that it would matter even if every flight attendant was opposed to the merger?
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