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From the Detroit Free Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Leaders of the pilots union at Northwest Airlines on Thursday endorsed an interim contract that would slash hourly pay rates by 23.9 percent and eliminate premiums for international flying.
The pay cut would come on top of a 15 percent wage reduction that took effect last year. Pilots will start voting next week on the tentative pact, which, if approved, would save Northwest about $215 million each year.
The Air Line Pilots Association executive committee voted 8-2 to recommend the concessions to its members.
Hal Myers, a spokesman for ALPA, said the goal of the deal is to give the union more time to negotiate a long-term contract.
On Wednesday, Northwest said it wants the pilots, flight attendants and ground workers unions to accept 60 percent of the permanent concessions the airline is seeking from each group by mid-November.
If the unions meet the terms, the airline said it would defer plans to ask a bankruptcy judge Nov. 16 to cancel labor contracts.
Leaders of the Professional Flight Attendants Association have agreed to accept $117 million in temporary concessions. Northwest is seeking $190 million in permanent cost savings from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and wants the union's leaders to endorse $114 million in temporary cutbacks.
Last year, pilots agreed to concessions that are saving the company $250 million annually. Northwest wants to reduce its labor costs by $1.4 billion and expects pilots to provide $612 million in savings.
Northwest pilots earn $35,000 to $206,000, depending on seniority and the planes they fly.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Leaders of the pilots union at Northwest Airlines on Thursday endorsed an interim contract that would slash hourly pay rates by 23.9 percent and eliminate premiums for international flying.
The pay cut would come on top of a 15 percent wage reduction that took effect last year. Pilots will start voting next week on the tentative pact, which, if approved, would save Northwest about $215 million each year.
The Air Line Pilots Association executive committee voted 8-2 to recommend the concessions to its members.
Hal Myers, a spokesman for ALPA, said the goal of the deal is to give the union more time to negotiate a long-term contract.
On Wednesday, Northwest said it wants the pilots, flight attendants and ground workers unions to accept 60 percent of the permanent concessions the airline is seeking from each group by mid-November.
If the unions meet the terms, the airline said it would defer plans to ask a bankruptcy judge Nov. 16 to cancel labor contracts.
Leaders of the Professional Flight Attendants Association have agreed to accept $117 million in temporary concessions. Northwest is seeking $190 million in permanent cost savings from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and wants the union's leaders to endorse $114 million in temporary cutbacks.
Last year, pilots agreed to concessions that are saving the company $250 million annually. Northwest wants to reduce its labor costs by $1.4 billion and expects pilots to provide $612 million in savings.
Northwest pilots earn $35,000 to $206,000, depending on seniority and the planes they fly.