Northwest Airlines set to cut 2,000 more jobs

Northwest Airlines wants to lay off about 2,000 more mechanics and cleaners on top of the some 4,400 it has already let go – or scheduled for layoff in the next few months.

The approximately 2,450 mechanics and cleaners who would remain on Northwest’s payroll would absorb wage and benefit cuts and work rule changes that would save the airline $176 million a year. Their base pay would be cut by about 25 percent.