Northwest Airlines is closing its Atlanta aircraft maintenance facility to cut costs. The company is transferring the work to the Twin Cities. Most of the 1450 employees in Atlanta are eligible for transfers to other Northwest facilities. Mechanics union officials say the move may result in some recalls of laid off Twin Cities workers but it's not clear how many. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
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