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American Airways pilots authorized a new five-yr deal with the airline, clearing a massive inner hurdle toward integrating operations from the merger of American Airways and US Airways.
The deal provides a sizeable improve in salary for pilots, though some union customers have criticized it for failing to match the conditions presented by Delta Air Traces.
About 66 p.c of the voters favored the new deal and 34 percent opposed it, in accordance to the Allied Pilots Association, which represents American pilots. Practically ninety five per cent of qualified pilots voted, the union stated. The airline has fifteen,000 pilots.
“In influence, the pilots of American Airlines manufactured a company decision,†explained the union president, Keith Wilson.
The new agreement includes an instant 23 p.c improve in pay out and annual increases of three percent in the subsequent five several years, the airline said in a assertion.
W. Douglas Parker, the chief govt of US Airways, who now operates the airline, had the original backing of pilots and flight attendants from American Airways for his prepare to combine the carriers, promising better contracts for all. At the time, American was in personal bankruptcy and experienced forced cuts in spend and rewards on its staff.
The vote is a step ahead in merging American Airways and US Airways into a single working airline. Nevertheless, the union explained it would now look for to handle what it sees as shortcomings in the deal, such as work rules that establish how numerous several hours pilots can fly.
A model of this write-up seems in print on January 31, 2015, on web page B5 of the New York edition with the headline: Pilots Union Approves Contract With Airline.
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