No matter how the negotiations at Mesaba Aviation Inc. turn out, travelers were expected to see no disruption on Thursday as the feeder for Northwest Airlines reached a deadline for getting pay cuts from workers. Mesaba, which is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection, said it planned to impose pay cuts at 12:01 a.m. CDT on Thursday if workers didn't agree to a deal first. Mesaba spokeswoman Elizabeth Costello said the airline might hold off if it was close to a deal. Either way, the unions pledged to obey a judge's order barring strikes.
See "Mesaba set to impose pay cuts, but no disruption expected", Joshua Freed, Chicago Tribune, October 24, 2006