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Delta Air Lines union contract approved

Thursday, June 21, 2001 | 10:54 a.m.

ATLANTA -- Pilots at Delta Air Lines ratified a new, five-year contract with the company Wednesday, making the pilots the highest-paid in the industry and removing the threat of a strike at the airline that flies the most passengers.

The contract was approved by 70 percent of Delta's roughly 9,800 pilots, the Air Line Pilots Association said.

Observers from both sides had predicted that pilots would approve the contract despite some concerns about new scheduling rules, retirement benefits and a separate pay scale for pilots with Delta Express, the carrier's lower-cost subsidiary based in Florida.

Under the new contract, a typical pilot's monthly pay would jump more than $1,500, based on the average pilot salary of about $158,500 last year.

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