Northwest Airlines Corp. v. Ass'n of Flight Attendants-CWA (In Re Northwest Airlines Corp.)

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

ALLAN L. GROPPER, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

Before the Court are two motions relating to the Court’s grant of authority to Northwest Airlines Corporation and its affiliated debtors (the “Debtors”) to reject a collective bargaining agreement with their flight attendants, now represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (“AFA”). Pursuant to § 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors have rejected the collective bargaining agreement and implemented terms and conditions of employment consistent with the proposal made to the flight attendants on March…