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The Association of Flight Attendants - CWA (AFA-CWA),
representing Northwest's flight attendants (FA) asked the National
Mediation Board (NMB) to release them from further mediation with
Northwest yesterday.
September 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of two aerospace
milestones that involved both triumph and tragedy for the flight
test community at Edwards Air Force Base.
When a CDF OV-10A Bronco crashed near the Sequoia National
Forest earlier this month,
department officials had no clue why. The NTSB has released its
preliminary report on the accident and it says the pilot may have
been flying too low.
You'll often hear a METAR (hourly weather report) identified as a
"special". What are the criteria for issuing a METAR outside the
normal reporting schedule? Why is it important to a pilot?
Space-Based Infrared System -- Mission is to develop,
deploy, and sustain space-based surveillance systems for missile
warning, missile defense, battlespace characterization, and
technical intelligence.
"The NMB was created to protect employees, not strip away their
rights as the courts have done. Management has no motivation to
negotiate -- they have already taken over $200 million a year from
us and the district court has prevented us from striking."
Source: Mollie Reiley, interim Master Executive
Council President of the Association of Flight Attendants - CWA
(AFA-CWA), representing Northwest's flight attendants.