We're Waiting, Mr. Bastian

Click on the link to hear EXACTLY what Mr. Bastian (President and CEO of Northwest Airlines, subsidiary of Delta) said last year during the AFA campaign at Delta. Well, Mr Bastian, we think we have LOTS of proof. Shall we see you at a Union rally for an endorsement?
http://www.averagejoeinc.com/specialnews1c.htm

For clarification, NWA flight attendants are an AFA represented labor group. Delta has no flight attendant representation.

Airline Quality Rating Scores

2008 NWA 4th Delta 12th

2007 NWA 4th Delta 10th

2006 NWA 5th Delta 12th

2005 NWA 7th Delta 12th

2004 NWA 7th Delta 11th

2003 NWA 6th Delta 12th


APOLOGY & ENDORSEMENT FROM DELTA PRESIDENT ED BASTIAN ON THE HORIZON?
In a vicious anti-union video distributed by Delta Air Lines last year, Mr. Bastian stated, "If someone came in and was able to convince me that AFA actually alowed us to serve our customers better, I'd say vote for a union, but I don't believe that to be the case."

Well, the 2009 Airline Quality Ratings for 2009/2008 performance were announced in April and the highly unionized Northwest ranked 4th in overall quality, with Delta coming in at 12th with the worst performance of any major carrier, and just above the regional carriers.

For the record, 4 AFA represented carriers were in the top 5 positions in the survey, demonstrating that representation is a benefit to customer service in the airline industry and not a hindrance.

Oh boy. Fried chicken riot in Minneapolis gets police called.

Interesting Chart of Debt Ratio By US Presidents

For all my "teabag mafia" friends screaming about the current debt ratio, here is a look back at all the administrations since Johnson. Notice that the highest debt ratio happened under Reagan and Bush I.

Under Johnson, Nixon, and Carter each dollar of debt spent returned an increasing rate of GDP growth. Under Reagan and Bush-1, the situation reversed - they spent debt at a far greater rate than GDP grew. Clinton heeded warnings and tried to cut back on debt. This caused the economy to slow and contributed to a dangerous recession in 2001. The government panicked and national debt doubled under Bush II.



Debt ratio's were lowest in the late 70's under Jimmy Carter and rose every year until 1995 when the Clinton Administration took steps to begin lowering it. The ratio trended downward until 2001 when the first Bush Administrations first budget was implemented. The debt ratio has been rising for the last 8 years.

Here is the link to the full article http://thomasnogales.com/US-Debt-Nowhere-to-Hide.htm

Another Fantastic Article on Morgantown

Just click on the title to head to the Wall Street Journal. A nice, glowing article on the booming Morgantown metro area and the vision of the city planners. Also, check out the photos, the first one is a great view!

Northwest Wins 2009 Airline Quality Survery

Northwest Airlines finished #1 among legacy carriers and #4 overall beating out perennially overhyped Southwest Airlines in the 2009 AQR released this morning.

Here is the entire list.
1. Hawaiian
2. AirTran
3. Jet Blue
4. Northwest
5. Alaska
6. Southwest
7. Frontier
8. Continental
9. American
10. US Airways
11. United
12. Delta
13. SkyWest
14. Mesa
15. Comair
16. American Eagle
17. Atlantic Southeast

The entire report can be found here http://www.aqr.aero/pressreleases/AQR2008.pdf

"THE REDTAIL". Sneak Preview April 23rd here in MSP

A former NWA mechanic goes to China to meet the man who took his job. These are true events in the ongoing battle between workers and bosses all over the United States. This one happens to hit particularly close to home.




"The Red Tail" Official Trailer from The Red Tail on Vimeo.