Northwest Airlines worker tends to aeroplane in hangar at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport....
A Northwest Airlines employee works on the tail of a jet parked in a hangar at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minneapolis, August 18, 2005. The Northwest Airlines mechanics union is preparing to strike Friday, August 19, because of proposed cutbacks by the airline. Northwest Airlines vows to fly a full schedule using 1500 replacement mechanics. REUTERS/Eric Miller EM/PEK/KS