DL, NWA pilots agree to arbitration

Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines pilots, whose leaders reached a tentative agreement on a joint contract last week with DL management (ATWOnline, June 25), will enter into a period of "good faith" negotiations over details of seniority list integration and agreed to enter into binding arbitration by year end if differences still remain. Minneapolis's Star Tribune reported that the tentative joint contract would give DL pilots a 5% pay raise next year and annual increases of 4% through ...