It was a matter of when the hammer was going to drop. The reality of it all gets closer. It's starting to hit home.

It's a double standard. They say these management guys are so valuable.... They are not. This is typical corporate greed.

We could take a big hit with wages, work rules and not get any pension at all.

This was always our work. We're just trying to get back what was ours.

Will they come back for more money? Will they merge? Will they sell? ... Those are issues that will remain. Getting all the contracts ratified is the first baby step toward saving the airline. But they don't know the future.

The anger and frustration among all employee groups at Northwest Airlines was evident throughout the voting process. In the end, Northwest management failed to convince a majority of the work force that the proposal was appropriate or that they could be trusted to honor their commitments.

Right now, our guys are doing it, they're giving 110 percent to make it work.

Our guys are making sure it says what we think we may have come to terms on. We're not saying anything (much) until this is all clarified.

If this was regular negotiations, the committee would have turned this down. We would have said 'No,' we would have been on strike.

One thing our trainers tell us is, you must report any type of damage to the aircraft. For these people to let that plane go, I have to think they were never told the seriousness of any type of damage to the aircraft.