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Northwest



Eagan, MN
www.nwa.com

quicktake

  • New A330 Seattle to Beijing service and Detroit to Shanghai service beginning March 2009
  • Detroit-Shanghai will be flown by the 747-400 until the delivery of the 787s
  • Delta and NWA announced merger in April
  • To become world's largest airline by traffic
  • Combined routemap
  • Northwest shareholders will receive 1.25 shares in the new company for each Northwest share owned
  • 2008 fleet reduction: 24 DC9s and 3 747-200s
  • At end of 2008, 68 DC9s in service (34 DC9-50s, 12 DC9-40s, 22 DC9-30s)
  • Three new daily nonstops to London-Heathrow from DTW, MSP, and SEA
  • 747-200 base to open in MSP in May 2008; mostly for military charters
  • New route: Portland-Amsterdam
  • Preliminary approval for DTW-Shanghai in 2009
  • Two pax 747-200s flying charters only
  • NWA is a passive investor in buyout of Midwest Airlines by private equity firm TPG Capital
  • Will not have operational control of Midwest
  • 150% pay for all flying in excess of 80 hrs/mo
  • First 787 delivery in late 2009
  • Codesharing agreement with Midwest Airlines
  • Ordered 36 EMB175s for subsidiary Compass Airlines
  • 18 firm Boeing 787 orders; 50 options
  • For all pilots except new-hires, targeted B plan designed to get everyone to actuarial 50% final average earnings
  • This page last updated: May 15, 2008 (quicktake)
 
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pilots pilots
5,156
Total
4,523
Active
188 (non i
Furlough

ALPA
(amend. Dec 2011)
pilots pilots
747-400: 
16
747-200: 
2
747-200F: 
13
A330-300: 
21
A330-200: 
11
757-300: 
16
757-200: 
55
A320: 
71
A319: 
59
DC9: 
92

MSP
DTW
MEM
SEA
ANC

pilots

Not hiring. All classes have been suspended.

Online application.

Minimums:
1,500 TT
1,000 ME
500 PIC

pilots

List at ticket counter or gate. CASS participant. Unlimited jumpseats.


[*disregard DC10 columns in above chart*]

Monthly Guarantee: 68 hours
Reserve Guarantee: 75 hours

Next contractual pay raise: Jan 2008

Most junior captain hired: May 1998 (DC9/DTW)

Per Diem :
$1.85/hr (dom)
$2.05/hr (int'l)
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
none
A/B Fund:
2.4% (frozen)/0-5% (see quicktake note)
Other:
Profit Sharing