TWA and the Air Line Pilots Association have come to a tentative agreement. Alpa says pay will rise from 60 to 90 per cent of the industry average by 2002. Two years of pay negotiations between Northwest and its pilots have stalled. The Air Canada Pilots Association has balloted its 2,100 members to strike over pay. Swissair has reached a preliminary agreement with pilots union Aeropers on a 48 month collective agreement from January. KLM has a preliminary deal with seven unions representing all its employees, effective from July 1998 to September 2000. Air France pilots ended their strike on 10 July after agreeing to take shares in exchange for pay restraint.
Source: Airline Business
