Executive compensation is an obscenity that is thrust upon this entire society.

That is not where we need to be, ... We're looking at other ways to satisfy their financial concerns without destroying our contract. ... We would like to get a deal but we will we will not do a bad deal in the interest of timeliness. It has to satisfy the concerns of our members.

It's not in the best interest of Northwest Airlines to operate in this type of environment long-term.

It's a corporate shell game of transferring assets and franchise value to a new company.

It's a sad day for Northwest. A lot of us have given decades of our lives to this airline. This is not where you want to see it end up. Now, here we are. It's a tragedy.

Thirty days is a very short period of time,

Northwest employees should not pick up an inordinate amount of the fuel costs.

Northwest has always bargained hard, but ALPA has always bargained hard. We don't intend to gut the contract now.

Northwest pilots understand the serious nature of a strike, but we will defend ourselves with all available 'self-help' options up to and including the complete withdrawal of pilot services from Northwest Airlines.

At this point, it is incumbent upon Northwest management to not squander our significant sacrifices, but to intelligently pursue a course that enables us to emerge from bankruptcy as a proud and profitable airline.