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Campus & State
Northwest to cut up to 1,600 jobs
Northwest Airlines has announced that it will cut up to 1,600 flight attendants from its payroll based on the fact that air traffic has not increased in sufficient numbers since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Northwest says it is offering voluntary leaves to flight attendants first. However, if not enough attendants take the leaves, the airline will begin cutting positions to meet the expectations of current flying schedules.
The attendant payroll cuts are designed to meet the low demand for staffing levels from flights for the remainder of this year and next year. After the attacks last year, Northwest cut staff by approximately 10,000.
Efficiency questions surround Xcel
Xcel Energy has handed over more records on power outages to state regulators in the inquisitions by an independent auditor in the questions surrounding honesty with the state in reports of the efficiency and reliability of their services.
The audit was ordered last week by the Public Utilities Commission following reports by newspapers that workers at Northern States Power-Minnesota, the Xcel subsidiary, had altered reliability data in order to meet state standards. Xcel has nearly 1.3 million customers.
It was reported that the company had routinely shaved off time from documents reporting power failures in attempts to make them appear shorter than they were. NSP could face fines if it fails to meet certain limitations on the number and duration of power failures to customers.
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