AIRLINE: This stinks! And isn't NW rolling-out a new livery very soon? This sounds a lot like what British Airways did a few years back. In fact, this exec bonsus practice in the face of major layoffs and dwindling profits is becoming a way of life now in corporate America. My sympathies! Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass > MINNEAPOLIS (AP) =97 The top two executives of > Northwest Airlines got large= > =20 > increases in their compensation in 2002, angering > the union leaders the=20 > company is lobbying for wage and work rule > concessions. Chief Executive=20 > Officer Richard Anderson and President Douglas > Steenland took no raise in=20 > salary but together saw their compensation climb by > more than $2.5 million= > =20 >