By Jesse Russell

Mechanics for Northwest Airlines continue to march the picket lines over a proposal to cut pay, benefits and jobs. The airline has been asking for $176 million in concessions from the workers. The company spent nearly $100 million to train more then 1,400 replacement workers in lieu of the strike. Ron Bigelow is a strike captain for the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA).

[bigelow1]: All we're trying to do is maintain our jobs and be reasonable about it. You can't expect people to take a 26 percent cut in salary, that's ridiculous.

Bigelow says the strike is going well and the union won't back down.

[bigelow2]: As long as it takes. We've got everything to gain on this. They're saying we're going to fall down. They are going to fall down first. They're losing too much every single day.