With all the talk about MEL's being disregarded and Captains being threatened with dismissal, I only hope the crew on the NW flight which lost an engine out of CT were not forced into something like this. It would really be a nasty one to do such a good job and then still find yourself being nailed! In that case
VB can expect their entire pilot pool to get together and speak as one which could result in NW disappearing off the scene. This is not what one wants. Rather lets see NW stand up out of this mess, get their house in order and continue in the proper fashion. I dont want to see good pilots without work but I also dont want unsafe aircraft overhead carrying loved ones. I'm for the pilots here. Best wishes and may there be a happy ending to this.